Colin Costello further added to Team Ireland's recent medal successes when he took silver in the 1,500 metres and bronze in the 2,000m Steeplechase event at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Paris on 28th - 31st July.

Costello was part of a remarkable run of results for Irish athletes over the past few weeks at the various underage Major Championships. Earlier this month, Costello took a magnificent 5th place in the final of the 1,500m in a personal best time of 3.51.55 at in the IAAF World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada on 10th July.

This brings the total of major medals won by Irish athletes this Summer to five and with the World Championships and World University Games still to come it looks like being Ireland's most successful Summer in depth for many years, possibly ever.

European Youth Olympic Youth Festival
Paris, France - 28-31st July 2003

Men's Results
100m Tony Barnett, 1st Round, 7th 11.67 (+0.6)

200m Thomas Coughlan, Semifinal #1 DQ, 1st Round, 22.41q (+0.6)

400m Kevin McCloy, 1st Round, 6th, 50.85

800m Desmond Earls, 1st Round, 8th, 2.05.59
1,500m Colin Costello, Final, 2nd, 3.59.07, 1st Round, 2nd, 4.00.09Q

3,000m James King, 16th, 9.03.46

2,000m Steeplechase Colin Costello, 3rd 5.52.85

400m Hurdles Denis Finnegan, 1st Round, Heat 2, 6th, 56.49

Long Jump Stephen Darcy, Group 1 Qualifier, 6.69m (-1.3)

400m Relay Barnett, Coughlan, Darcy, Peter Shallow DQ

Women's Results

100m Louise Kiernan, Final, 5th 12.09 (-0.9), Semifinal, 4th 12.08Q (+0.4), 1st Round, 3rd 12.18Q (-0.5)

200m Gemma Thompson, 1st Round, 25.76 (-1.5)

400m Laura Crowe, 1st Round, 4th 56.40

800m Elizabeth Williams, 1st Round, 5th 2.14.24

1,500m Linda Byrne, Final, 9th 4.34.22, 1st Round, 5th 4.31.22q

3,000m Ciara Durkan, 11th 10.12.93

100m Hurdles Leona Byrne, 1st Round, 7th 14.80 (+1.8)

Long Jump Jennifer Reddy, 18th overall, 5.35m (+0.3)

Shot Putt Kathleen Fitzgerald, 16th overall, 11.62m

400m Relay Leona Byrne, Crowe, Kiernan, Thompson, Heat 3, 4th 48.18