ROBERT HEFFERNAN OF Togher AC and Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny) achieved the Olympic qualification standard in the 50km walk in Nuamburg, Germany earlier.
Heffernan finished second in 3.49.30, this follows on from the personal best he set at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna last Saturday in the 10km walk when finishing sixth in 39.19 minutes.
Boyce notched a personal best of 3.57.58 to finish sixth just inside the qualification standard of 3.59.00 to achieve the standard for his first Olympic Games.
The Donegal man had achieved the B standard for the World Championships but he choose to compete in the 20km Walk at the World University Games where he finished 15th.
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Corkman, Heffernan, who was fourth in both the 20km and 50km at last year’s European Championships had to return from Daegu without competing in the world championships because of a sudden death in the family.
There was heartbreak for Colin Griffin (Ballinamore AC) who was disqualified at 48km mark when he was comfortably on track to achieve the qualification standard.
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ROBERT HEFFERNAN OF Togher AC and Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny) achieved the Olympic qualification standard in the 50km walk in Nuamburg, Germany earlier.
Heffernan finished second in 3.49.30, this follows on from the personal best he set at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna last Saturday in the 10km walk when finishing sixth in 39.19 minutes.
Boyce notched a personal best of 3.57.58 to finish sixth just inside the qualification standard of 3.59.00 to achieve the standard for his first Olympic Games.
The Donegal man had achieved the B standard for the World Championships but he choose to compete in the 20km Walk at the World University Games where he finished 15th.
Corkman, Heffernan, who was fourth in both the 20km and 50km at last year’s European Championships had to return from Daegu without competing in the world championships because of a sudden death in the family.
There was heartbreak for Colin Griffin (Ballinamore AC) who was disqualified at 48km mark when he was comfortably on track to achieve the qualification standard.
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