Sarah Healy broke Sonia O’Sullivan’s 1990 U23 3,000m record after a huge personal best of 8.52.63 at the Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto meet in Italy.

A fine performance by Sarah Healy in Italy this evening as she breaks the U23 Irish 3,000m record! Well done Sarah!!🖤 https://t.co/XLQTDQ4HM8

— Blackrock A.C. (@Blackrock_AC) August 31, 2021

Sarah broke her 3,000m personal best recently enough in Finland as she ran 8 minutes 57.04 seconds at the the Motonet Meet. Last night, she knocked five seconds off this to move her up to 7th on the Irish all-time list.

Previous 3,000m Record

Sarah’s previous best for the 3,000m distance was 2018 when she claimed the European U18 title in Gyor with a time of 9:18.05.

Sarah Healy winning the 3,000m title in 2018

Having just turned 20, Sarah Healy is already amongst an elite group of Irish athletes. Only five Irish women in history have broken both 4:10 in the 1500m and 2:03 in the 800m. Sonia O’Sullivan, Ciara Mageean, Mary Purcell, Síofra Cléirigh Büttner and Sarah Healy herself.

The two-time European U18 gold medallist and European U20 silver medallist, made her Olympic debut in Tokyo earlier this summer where she competed in the 1,500m.

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