Reece Ademola breaks near 20-year old Irish U23 long jump record

Reece Ademola has broken the Irish Under-23 long jump indoor record, leaping to an impressive 7.86 metres to victory at the Aarhus meeting in Denmark.

Still a week shy of his 21st birthday, Ademola improved the previous record, which had stood to Ciaran McDonagh since March 1996, by 27cm, also improving his own indoor best by 35cm.

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The student at Munster Technological University also moves to third on the Irish senior indoor all-time list behind Adam McMullen (7.99m) and McDonagh’s national record of 8.00m.

Last weekend at the National U-20/U-23 Indoor Championships in Athlone, Ademola won gold in the U-23 Long Jump with a 7.17m championship record – his 7.76 in Aarhus another sign of the potential improvement to come this season.

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Molly Scott of St. Laurence O’Toole A.C. was also in action, the Carlow sprinter returning from injury to finish second in the women’s 60m clocking a season’s best of 7.38 seconds.

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