Commonwealth Stars Reid And Sexton To Take On European Greats In Star Studded 200m
24 June 2018
The Men’s 200m at the Belfast International is set up to be a battle between Northern Ireland’s best and two European athletes expecting to challenge for honours at Berlin 2018.
Commonwealth 200m Bronze Medallist Leon Reid (PB 20.38 SB 20.55) and in form Commonwealth Youth 200m Champion Aaron Sexton (PB & SB 21.12) will be up again still competition from 2011 European U23 Champion and double European Championship finalist Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas of Greece (PB 20.09 SB 20.48) and Dominik Kopec from Poland (PB 20.94 SB 21.01).
There is a real depth to the field with Northern Ireland 100m record holder Jason Smyth (PB 20.94 SB 21.40w) and Umar Hameed of Pakistan (PB & SB 21.32) in the low 21 seconds and a number of others around the 21.5 second mark.
The entry list can be seen below.
Athlete |
Country |
PB |
SB |
Umar Hameed |
PAK |
21.32 |
21.32 |
Leon Reid |
NIR |
20.38 |
20.55 |
Dominik Kopec |
POL |
20.94 |
21.01 |
Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas |
GRE |
20.08 |
20.48 |
Aaron Sexton |
NIR |
21.12 |
21.12 |
Jason Smyth |
NIR |
20.94 |
21.40w |
Michal Jakobczyk |
POL |
21.51 |
|
Michael McCauley |
NIR |
21.57 |
21.57 |
Blair Alexander |
SCO |
21.61 |
21.61 |
Mark Kavanagh |
IRL |
21.58 |
21.58 |
Paul Murphy |
IRL |
21.64 |
21.64 |
Adam Murphy |
IRL |
21.72 |
21.72 |
John Browne |
NIR |
23.05 |
23.05 |
Click on the link for the timetable: TIMETABLE