O’Connor’s team-mates Andrew Coscoran and Sophie O’Sullivan each missed out on clinching remaining spots of their 1500m occasions.
Coscoran, who broke the Irish indoor and out of doors mile data final month, completed third in his first-round warmth received by Jakob Ingebrigtsen nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to progress because the Norwegian star (three minutes 39.80 seconds) and Austria’s Raphael Pallitsch (3:40.08) took the 2 qualifying spots.
The Balbriggan man left himself with an excessive amount of do within the closing phases when Ingebrigtsen surged previous him from final place to guide because the bell sounded and the Irishman was 0.69 seconds behind the Austrian.
O’Sullivan produced a private better of 4:16.68 in her warmth however that was over three seconds exterior a qualification spot as Ethiopia’s Diribe Weltejl (4:12.25), USA’s Heather MacLean (4:13.26) and Portugal’s Salome Afonso (4:13.39) progressed to the ultimate.
Coscoran nonetheless has the three,000m, which is a straight remaining on Saturday with James Gormley additionally working within the Eire vest, whereas Sarah Healy will likely be a powerful Irish medal hope in Saturday’s girls’s 3,000m remaining after profitable the European title two weeks in the past.
Sarah Lavin would be the final of the six-strong Eire staff in motion when she competes within the girls’s 60m hurdles on Sunday after ending fourth on the European Indoors.