Olympic dream comes true

A dream has come through for two Galway athletes who have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.

GCH club members, Cillin Greene and Robert McDonnell, have made the Irish squad for the mixed four 400m relay team for the games which start later this month.

Both athletes have had stellar juvenile and junior careers across the sprints disciplines and have previously been capped by Ireland. Their selection at Olympic level is the ultimate accolade, and testament to their talent, hard work and dedication over the past decade.

Greene is the current National Senior 400m champion, and competed for Ireland at the European Indoors in Glasgow in 2019. He is now coached by Jeremy Lyons in Dublin, having had great success with his previous coaches in Galway.

McDonnell has won multiple juvenile national titles and has excelled this season at senior level, winning bronze behind Greene at the Nationals. Prior to the Olympics, he will compete for Ireland at the European Under 20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia this week. He is coached by Brendan Glynn, who is building quite a reputation as a sprints coach at club and national level.

The selection of the sprint duo is testament to the strength of coaching and structures at city club Galway City Harriers and congratulations also go to those at GCH who mentored these two talents over recent years, with such coaches as PJ Coyle, Frank Maguire, Noel Dempsey and Pauline Harrington all contributing to the club’s sprint success.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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