GRIGGS GOES THE DISTANCE - Men’s 3000m Final - European U20 Championships Tallinn 2021

[@c.glivingstone9832]

From a coach of junior GB runners...this is phenomenal running for a 16 year old athlete.

[@jensmith3719]

and he has just run a 3.56 mile at 17 years old

[@toffeemcdonald9841]

16 years old!

[@oceejekwam6829]

That's amazing. Congratulations to the young man. He was certainly blessed with that gift. I wish him continued success and hopefully he will encourage more Irish youth to follow.

[@amblincork]

A touch of Eamon Coughlan about Griggs !!! And at such a young age

[@eisirt55]

Brilliant performance from Griggs. Harrington did a lot of the running for him. Well done to both of them. Correct me if I'm wrong folks .

[@christopherhamill525]

Fiona even commented on Strava that he did all the work in a joking fashion. But looking back now it’s clear that Griggs is and was the class of the field

[@ryandoherty3826]

Watch this space ⚡️🇮🇪

[@drdecco1]

08:37 Nice move, 9:23 it’s ‘anchor’s away’ and 9:45 ignite them afterburners!

[@marcof.6080]

Why put the name and the picture of the winner as title? Let the viewers discover who wins at the end.

[@philomenaakpanaadie2015]

That's not their job.

[@karlnaylor8757]

Brilliant 🇮🇪😎🍀

[@CM-lz1cm]

He shows great potential. 16 years. Unbelievable.

[@johnmc3862]

Southgate will be aware.

[@romualdbrosset6934]

i love u

[@vernonfrance2974]

Who would have guessed that the best long distance runners would look more like zombies and the walking dead than healthy humans?

[@JohnMc1995]

Bit of an unnecessary comment that

[@vernonfrance2974]

@@JohnMc1995 I agree that it is quite obvious but I am not just making a comment. I am asking a question as to how they can look like that and still have the stamina to run and run and run. I wonder who has the scientific expertise to explain why.

[@JohnMc1995]

What’s wrong with his appearance? Generally people from Ireland are quite pale. He looks perfectly healthy to me?

[@c.glivingstone9832]

Really? Do you need an eye test? They all looked healthy to me.

[@c.glivingstone9832]

@@vernonfrance2974 most highly trained distance runners have a low body fat, with a high power to weight ratio. Excellent cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular development and efficiency, derived from longer stamina training, VO2 sessions and recovery results in effective, lean athletes. All of these athletes looked healthy and well conditioned, so your comments are moot.

[@janosik4984]

Ramadan in Germany? WTF is it, a sports event or what?

[@drym3943]

?

[@standardprocedure7017]

Welcome to planet Earth. Perhaps you've heard of it.

[@janosik4984]

@@standardprocedure7017 And what about sportsmanship? WTF Africans compete as Europeans? So Europeans should start in Africa? Is a sport, a stadium a place to worship all of those... gods? Isnt enough of place sto pray to those gods already built in Europe?

[@standardprocedure7017]

@@janosik4984 Countries are constructs, don't take them so seriously. A human being on planet Earth is free to define themselves how they want and should be free to go where they want. Again, countries are fictions, abstractions, with imagined geographic delineations on "maps". Further, as a human being on planet Earth you are free to think what you want and where you do that thinking. You are ignorant, fearful and insecure. Take responsibility and fix it.

[@christopherhamill525]

So if a Christian wore a necklace with the cross and kissed it after the race would you even look twice?