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Turin - Day 3

When a team responds and performs as this Irish team did over the last 3 days it's hard to settle on the words. Today really put the icing on the cake. A run for home four laps out from Mary paid off with a deserved bronze but it's nail biting stuff willing that line to come. A really nice girl with such a desire to acheive. Eight years in the States, good days, bad days like 2008 when she missed the olympics through injury. But today it's all smiles, radio interviews on Highland and RTE television to line up the 9 o'clock news. The girl from Drumcliffe was a delight and present was her mum and dad.

The 4 x 4 relay team there was a time there when I was hanging out of the team doctor as medals were on but 4th 3-36 odd the second fastest time ever by an Irish team in this event. They were just marvellous, boy what an effort from Brona Furlong, Marian Andrews, Claire Bergin and Gemma Hynes. This was such a bonus and 8th joint best country speaks for itself. This team measured up at an important juncture for the sport a time beyond Beijing and now that closes the book on indoors its training camps preparation for outdoors at all levels. You hope that everybody back at home can relate to this effort in the olympic Stadium here and encourage the team to greater success in Barcelona 2010 outdoors European while in the meantime Berlin world champs is on the agenda.

It's 8.40pm rush back to the hotel organise the troops for a final dinner and outa here at 5am tomorrow morning to Milan to catch a flight to Diblin and tear down the road and back to the club on Tuesday night. Its been an enjoyable experience here in Turin. Good bye for now.

Patsy McGonagle Team Manager



2nd & 3rd embrace .




800m Women Final .




Blanquis High Jump .




Bozakovskiy wins 1500m .




Bronze tastes good .




Handover 3 in 400m .




Handover 400m women .




Hand over in 400m .




Irish 400m Rely Team at the European Indoors Turin 09 .




Marion Andrews on the blocks .




Mary Cullen 3rd .




Mary Cullen and Kieran Carlin at the European Indoors Turin .




Mary Cullen Hits the Front in EEA Indoor 3km Turin .




Mascot .




Patsy tastes Bronze .




Start line 3000m .




The Line .




Zoe Browne Pole Vault.


Pictures by Kieran Carlin.