Sarah Healy finishes sixth in World Indoor 3,000m final in Nanjing

It just wasn’t to be this time, Sarah Healy falling short of winning another medal in the 3,000 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, on Saturday.

In the suitably tense and intriguing 15-lap final, Healy stayed in contention from the gun, only to drop back into sixth place over the last lap, the gold medal won by Freweyni Hailu from Ethiopia, who kicked to the front at the bell to win in 8:37.21.

Healy never gave up the chase, with the 24-year-old from Dublin looking to add to the gold medal she won in the same event at the European Indoors in Apeldoorn just 13 days ago. Shelby Houlihan from the US also finished fast to win silver in 8:38.26, ahead of Jessica Hull from Australia, who took bronze in 8:38.28.

Healy came sixth in 8:40.00, just behind the other Ethiopian, Birke Haylom, still only 19, and World Junior champion in 2022. He...
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