 James Nolan was a 1500m semi-finalist in last year's Olympics |
James Nolan and Peter Coghlan have been added to Ireland's team for the European Indoor Championships. Nolan bettered the qualifying standard when he clocked 3:41.91 when finished fifth in the 1500m at a meeting in Madrid on Saturday.
The Offaly man will be back in the Spanish capital next weekend as part of a 16-strong Irish team.
Coghlan was added to the team after winning a 55m hurdles event in Clemson University in the US over the weekend.
Nolan, who won a European Indoor silver in 2000, finished fifth in a race won by Kenya's Daniel Kipchirchir.
The African clocked three minutes 34.59secs with Nolan staying with the second chasing pack.
Ballymena & Antrim sprinter Paul Brizzel will also be part of the Irish team but the country's big medal hope will be South African-born Alistair Cragg who is likely to go into the 3000m as the favourite.
Ireland team
Women
60m Ailis McSweeney (Leevale), Emily Maher (KCH)
200m Ciara Sheehy (DCH)
1500m Roisin McGettigan (Sli Chulainn)
60H Derval O'Rourke (Leevale)
HJ Deirdre Ryan (UCD)
Men
60m Jer O'Donoghue (Leevale)
200m Paul Hession (Athenry), Paul Brizzel (Ballymena & Antrim)
400m David Gillick (DSD), Rob Daly (DSD), David McCarthy (Le Cheile)
1500m James Nolan (UCD)
3000m Alistair Cragg (Clonliffe), Mark Carroll (Leevale)
60H Peter Coghlan (Crusaders)
MMIX
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