Another record for Alex Wright
Saturday 15 February. Now in the process of transferring his athletic allegiance to Ireland, Alex Wright blazed his way to an indoor 5000m Race Walking record when he clocked 19:25.48 to win the All-Ireland Championship at Athlone. Previous best by Alex was the 19:27.39 he set outdoors when winning the UK Championship in Birmingham last year - a British Record. Struggling for support in the UK, Alex has applied to represent Ireland at future events. He has received confirmation from the IAAF that all is in order and he will be eligible to represent Ireland from 1 January 2015. Alex's Irish club will be Leevale and he'll be training with World 50k Champion Rob Heffernan.