Three Northern Ireland athletes are counting down the days to the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
The major competition takes place in Doha and runs from Saturday, September 28 to Sunday, October 6.
Over 1900 athletes will be competing from 209 different teams, with seven confirmed to represent Ireland, including three from Ulster.
Finn Valley AC’s Brendan Boyce, City of Lisburn AC’s Ciara Mageean and Clonliffe Harriers’ Stephen Scullion will all be in action over the next fortnight.
First on the Road to Doha will be Boyce in the 50k Walk on Saturday, September 28 at 9.30pm (All times given are UK times).
Boyce will compete in a field of 47 athletes from across 26 countries.
He recently competed in the European Race Walking Cup in Alytus, Lithuania finishing 5 in the 50k Walk with his PB time of 3:48.13.
Next on our TV screens will be City of Lisburn AC’s Mageean who currently holds four Senior Northern Ireland Records - 800m, 1500m, the Mile and 3000m.
She will be competing against 42 other athletes from across 23 countries in the 1500m.
With Mageean’s current PB of 4:01.21, she will first take to the track for the 1500m Heats on Wednesday, October 2 at 3.35pm.
The semi-finals for the Women’s 1500m will be on Thursday, October 3 at 9pm, with the finals happening on Saturday, October 15 at 6.55pm.
The final event for our Northern Ireland and Ulster athletes will be the Men’s Marathon on Saturday, October 5 at 9.59pm which will see Clonliffe Harrier’s Scullion (PB: 2:14.34) take to the road.
Scullion will be competing against 81 athletes from around 44 countries. This will be the first ever World Championships Midnight Marathon and it is set to be an impressive event, taking place along Doha’s iconic corniche, with the illuminated City as a backdrop.
Viewing details for the BBC and Live Streaming are given below:
Saturday, 28 September - 21:25-02:15 - 50K walk - BBC Red Button (Boyce)
Wednesday 2 October - 13:45-20:00 & 21:00-22:05 – 1500m Heats - BBC Two (Mageean)
Thursday 3 October - 13:45-23:30 – 1500m Semi-Final - Connected TV and online (Mageean)
Saturday 5 October - 18:00-21:30 – 1500m Final - Connected TV and online (Mageean); 22:00-00:30 - Men's Marathon - BBC Red Button (Scullion)
Live stream for the championships is available on the link HERE
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