With Dublin Sarah Healy just missing out a medal when finishing fourth earlier in the evening, Bori Akinola finished in fourth place in semi-final one of the men’s 100m in 10.38 seconds.

Akinola, who was part of the Men’s 4x100m relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, won his 100m heat earlier this morning.

Disappointed after coming so close to making a European 100m final but Bori Akinola can reflect on what has been his ‘most consistent year’ of performance #rtesport #EuropeanAthletics #Birmingham2026
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While this evening’s time of 10.38 seconds left him with a slight chance of progressing to the final, both of the other semi-finals were faster, moving Akinola down to 16th place overall, and out of the competition.

In the third semi-final, Israel Olatunde running in lane nine, finished in seventh place, in 10.49 seconds. His time left him in 20th place overall after the three semi-finals, meaning the UCD graduate didn’t make the 100m Final either later this evening.

“It’s been an interesting year for me with injuries one after another, but I wanted to come here and compete and do my best,” Olatunde told RTÉ Sport. “I feel like I did that today. It wasn’t enough, but I’m really proud of myself and the journey I’ve been on this season.”

Olatunde will be back for the men’s 4 x 100m relay on Saturday.

After an injury-interrupted year so far Israel Olatunde told David Gillick that he was glad he could ‘compete’ after finishing seventh in the 100m semi-final #EuropeanAthletics #Birmingham2026 #rtesport@RTE2 @RTEplayer pic.twitter.com/UIhdJSuzzN

— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 11, 2026

Jack Raftery, competing in the men’s 400m, could only manage seventh place in the second of three semi-finals of the event. His time meant the DCU Masters student finished in 21st position overall, and as a result, did not progress to the final.

The Donore Harriers’ man will compete in the men’s 4 x 400m relays on Friday.

Jack Raftery taking some satisfaction in giving it a real go in the Men’s 400m semi-finals as he spoke to @DavidGillick #rtesport #EuropeanAthletics #Birmingham2026@RTE2 @RTEplayer pic.twitter.com/n11G9VRfOH

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Bori Akinola will compete in the 100m heats commencing at 11.15am, with Israel Olatunde automatically through to Tuesday night’s semi-finals.

The evening session will hopefully be much busier from an Irish perspective – but that is dependent on athletes qualifying.

Sarah Healy will compete in the women’s 5000m Final at 7.25pm, while Jack Raftery will take to the start line for the men’s 400m semi-finals at 9pm – they are the only two Irish athlete assured of competition during the Tuesday evening session.

If Akinola reaches the men’s 100m semi-finals, he will be in evening action at 8.32pm, with the final of that event at 9.45pm.

Day Two – Morning Session – Tuesday, 11th August

Bori Akinola – Men’s 100m – Round One Heat 2 – 11.22am

Day Two – Evening Session – Tuesday, 11th August (* if they qualify)

Sarah Healy – Women’s 5000m – Final – 7.25pm

Israel Olatunde – Men’s 100m – SF – 8.32pm 

Bori Akinola – Men’s 100m – SF – 8.32pm 

Jack Raftery – Men’s 400m – SF – 9pm 

Israel Olatunde – Men’s 100m – Final – 9.47pm *

Bori Akinola – Men’s 100m – Final – 9.47pm *

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The Finn Valley AC man won his heat in a time of 1:46.96 to automatically qualify for the semi-finals on Wednesday.

Commenting after his win, English said:

“The main job was to secure qualification for the semis and I am really looking forward to Wednesday. I treat every race like my final race. Today I was a bit boxed in earlier in the race so I was happy to then get out and qualify.”

Cian McPhilipps disappointed in his heat of the same event. A fourth-place finisher from the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo last year, the UCD athlete finished in seventh in 1:46.84.

Neville into 100m semi-finals

Ciara Neville ran 11.29 when finishing in fifth place in heat 1 of the women’s 100m, good enough to see the 26-year-old from Limerick progress to the semi-finals this evening. Neville will run from lane 9 in the second of three semi-finals, with her race off at 8.18pm.

Lauren Roy, unfortunately, did not progress in the same event. Competing in the third heat, the Fast Twitch AC sprinter clocked 11.32 seconds in finishing sixth of eight competitors.

Jack Raftery of Donore Harriers finished second in Heat 2 Round 1 of the men’s 400m. Crossing the line in a time of 45.81 seconds, the DCU Masters student did enough to qualify for Tuesday’s semi-finals which will begin at 9pm

Eric Favors has made tonight’s shot put final at 8.33pm. The US-born Irish international achieved a best of 19.54m in qualifying this morning, meaning he qualifies 12th of the 18 finalists.

Updated Timetable for Irish Athletes in action tonight

Nicola Tuthill – Women’s Hammer Throw – Qualification Group B – 8.38pm
Sarah Lavin – 100m Hurdles – Round One Heat 2 – 7.42pm
Ciara Neville – Women’s 100m – Semi-Final 2 – 8.18pm
Eric Favors – Men’s Shot Put – Final – 8.33pm
Darragh McElhinney – Men’s 5000m – Final – 8.40pm
Nick Griggs – Men’s 5000m – Final – 8.40pm
Brian Fay – Men’s 5000m – Final – 8.40pm
Abbie Sheridan – Women’s 3000m Steeplechase – Round One Heat 2– 9.13pm

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