Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers) earned a qualifying spot for the Olympics with a fifth place finish in 2:11:52 at the Houston marathon today (January 19).
The run, which was a personal best, was just short of the automatic Olympic qualifying time of 2:11:30 but his 5th-place finish in a gold label road race ensures qualification. He is the second Irishman after Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders) to qualify for Tokyo.
Full result https://track.rtrt.me/e/HOU-2020#/leaderboard/top-men-marathon-_ALL/FINISH