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Sarah Lavin misses out on Paris 2024 final despite amazing performance
Sarah Lavin misses out on Paris 2024 final despite amazing performance. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson
Sarah Lavin Paris 2024 Olympic journey comes to an end as she misses out on a spot in the Women’s 100m hurdle final
Limerick Olympian Sarah Lavin gave it her all in the semi-final Heat just missing out on the opportunity to represent the nation in an Olympic final in what was an extremely tight race.
Running a time of 12.69 and finishing in sixth place, Lavin needed a top-two finish or a time better than 12.55 to keep her hopes alive for her spot in the final ahead of the third semi-final heat.
The USA’s Alysha Johnson won the second semi-final with a time of 12.34 finishing ahead of Dutch hurdler, Nadine Visser who finished with a time of 12.43.
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Lavin started well off the block and ran a race she could be proud of, but the competition was too tough coming up against the likes of Johnson and Visser, and less than one-hundredth of a second separated her from sixth to third place which was taken by Bahamian athlete Charisma Taylor.
An emotional Lavin spoke to RTÉ following the race saying how much the support meant to her, she said “Oh, it’s so beautiful, and I can’t thank people enough, you know, because to come into a stadium like this and to have such a large roar behind you is incredible.”
“I would have really loved to make them that extra bit proud today, but yeah, that’s sport, and that is just sport.”
She said, “I gave everything I had for the last year, year and a half, two years, three years and the last time I was at the Olympics, I went 13.17 so to almost be half a second quicker than that is special. But I’m also a very different athlete mentally and physically.”
Lavin then said she was “sorry to everyone at home” that she couldn’t get “everyone shouting into the final” before she was reminded she doesn’t need to apologise and the pride Ireland has for the athlete.
The final will be made up of Johnson (12.34), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.35), Grace Stark (12.39) Masai Russell (12.42), Visser (12.43), Ackera Nugent (12.44), and Devynne Charlton (12.50).
What has already been an incredible Olympic experience for Lavin having had a strong quarter-final performance and being honoured with leading Team Ireland at the opening of this year’s competition Lavin can be proud of her 12.66 time in the semi-final.
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