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ATHLETICS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSIT WOULDN'T be a proper Olympic year unless there was some selection drama, and in the end it proved that way as three further Irish athletes have secured last-minute calls-up to Beijing. Thomas Chamney had earlier won the 800 metres at the National championships in Santry, not just for the glory, as it was later confirmed that B-standards were considered after all.

Athletics Ireland met last night to agree the final nominations for Beijing, ahead of today's cut-off date, and submitted three additional names to the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) - Chamney, 400 metre hurdler Michelle Carey, and marathon runner Pauline Curley, all of whom were just shy of the A-standard qualifying marks.