Longford European underage gold medallist Cian McPhillips is out of Sunday’s European cross country championship in Dublin.
Athletics Ireland issued a team update on Monday stating “Due to injury and medical grounds, Cian McPhillips and Thomas McStay, will unfortunately not be competing at Fingal-Dublin 2021”.
Jamie Battle will take the place of Thomas McStay on the U23 team, while Cathal O’Reilly will take the place of Cian McPhillips on the U20 team.
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McPhillips was due to be a member of a strong Irish Under-20 team having won U20 1500m gold earlier this year.
There was no further details issued by Athletics Ireland on their own website.
