Irish race walker Brendan Boyce has booked his place in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after a career best performance in the 50k European Race Walking Championships in Alytus.
The Donegal athlete finished in fifth place overall with a personal best time of 3:48:13.
The race for third was a three way battle between Boyce, Portugal’s Joao Vieira and Polish athlete Artur Brzozowski for much of the second half of the race. Vieira finished third with Brzozowski in fourth.
Tokyo will be Boyce’s third Olympic games, having previously competed at London 2012 and Rio 2016.
