Lockdown Football Commentators

Andrew Coscoran is through to the final of the men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Rome.

He progressed through in fifth behind Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen after the irishman led at the bell.

Coscoran of Star of the Sea AC is happy to do what he needed to do:

Ciara Mageean has achieved a lifetime's ambition of being crowned European 1500 metres champion in Rome.

The Portaferry athlete won a thrilling sprint finish to claim continental honours at the Stadio Olimpico.

It's Ireland's second gold of the week, and she's been telling Will Downing it has been a long time coming:

reland didn't have much success at the European Athletics Championships overnight, but one race did provide a double Irish connection.

Sweden's Perseus Karlstrom, coached in Cork by former world champion Rob Heffernan, won the men's 20k walk by fighting off Spain's Paul McGrath, whose grandparents are Irish.

Speaking to Will Downing, Karlstrom says Ireland can claim more than a small piece of his gold medal.

There's been a lifetime best for Kelly McGrory in the womens' 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Rome.

She clocked 57-point-10 seconds in her heat and was eliminated in 19th overall, but the Tir Chonaill AC athlete is still very satisfied.

Thomas Barr has won his heat and is through to the semi-finals of the men's 400 metre hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Rome.

Barr was the fastest of the opening round competitors in a new system where every qualifying place is decided by times instead of a high finish.

The relay gold medallist is happy to get things moving, but as he has been telling Will Downing, he is not a fan of the new format...

Mark Smyth has progressed through to the semi-finals of the men's 200 metres at the European Athletics in Rome.

The Raheny Shamrock sprinter took the 12th and last qualifying place in 20-point-93 seconds.

He may have qualified under the new format, but speaking to Will Downing, thinks it takes away from Championship racing:

Nicola Tuthill is into the womens' hammer final at the European Athletics in Rome.

The UCD AC thrower from Kilbrittain near Bandon produced the second-longest effort of her life to do it - 69 metres 85 to make it into tomorrow's final.

She's been speaking to Will Downing:

Ireland have taken gold in the mixed 4x400m relay at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Chris O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley were in contention all the way, and a final kick in the closing straight from Mawdsley earned Ireland only a fourth all-time European Championships gold. Sonia O'Sullivan won the previous three in 1994 and 1998. All four have been speaking to Will Downing.

Ciara Mageean's third European Championships medal has been roundly celebrated today, and rightly so.

For the Portaferry athlete, success in Munich follows her glory from Amsterdam in 2016 and Glasgow in 2019.

Will Downing's lookback on the big night begins with the closing stages of Mageean's 1500 metres final:

Rhasidat Adeleke has made more history for Ireland, taking fifth place in the 400m final at the European Championships in Munich, breaking her own Irish record in the process.

50.53 seconds is Adeleke's new milestone, taking 0.17 off her previous mark set in the Big 12 Championship in May.

She's been telling Will Downing about the significance of her display.