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The Ireland team proved that hard work and good preperation do pay off at todays long distance qualification races in Trondheim. Irish champions Niamh O’Boyle and Nicolas Simonin qualified for Thursdays final in 12^th and 14^th places and Ciara Largey was seconds away from making it 3 Irish in the big race coming home an impressive 17^th in her heat..

Andrew Quin and David Healy both ran well in their second qualification race in two days but fell just short of qualification finishing in 24^th and 26^th place respectively.

Qualification is over, its been a fantastic effort from all team members. They have given it everything and the team have given the Irish supporters here 4 finalists spread through all of the distances to cheer on and 4 more within seconds of qualification!

Its a rest day today for the team and a sprint around Trondheim central for those at the WOC tour and then Thursday sees Niamh and Nick running the Long final. C’MON IRELAND!

Mens heat 1   8.7km

1^st Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 56:16

26^th David Healy IRE 1:23:06

Mens heat 2   8.6km

1^st Francois Gonon FRA 55:09

24^th Andrew Quin IRE 1:09:39

Mens heat 3   8.5km

1^st Olav Lundanes NOR 54:48

14^th Nicolas Simonin IRE 1:04:29

Womens heat 2   5.7km

1^st Anne Margarethe Hausken NOR 43:40

17^th Ciara Largey IRE 59:43

Womens heat 3   5.7km

1^st Simone Niggli SUI 40:46

12^th Niamh O’Boyle IRE 54:46

Full results and tracking replay can be viewed on the WOC 2010 website.

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