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Dutch delight as Kenneally seals Olympic spot

Celbridge’s Mark Kenneally becomes the first Irish qualifier for next summer’s Olympic marathon.

LONDON’S CALLING FOR Mark Kenneally after he booked his spot at next summer’s Olympics with a confident performance in the Amsterdam Marathon.

The Celbridge native shaved over three minutes off his most recent qualification attempt this morning, making the grade in 18th place with a time of 2:13.55.

Keneally’s time was a minute and five seconds under the Olympic A standard of 2:15.00. However, Ireland’s other contender in Holland, Gary Thornton, will have to try again after he could only manage a time of 2:19:27 and 29th place.

Nine of the race’s first 10 places were filled by Kenyan athletes, with Wilson Chebet (2:05.53) leading home fellow countrymen Laban Korir and Eric Ndiema in the medal positions.

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    Nov 4th 2012, 4:51 PM

    Did Fionn Carr leave his brain at checkin in Dublin?

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    Nov 4th 2012, 5:19 PM

    They all did I’d say! Leinster are woeful, dumb rugby, unwilling to adapt to conditions.

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    Nov 6th 2012, 3:45 AM

    He’s an ail player at best

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    Nov 4th 2012, 5:29 PM

    what’s the point of having linesmen if they cannot spot a foot over the line for that quick throw which leaf to the ospreys try….

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    Nov 4th 2012, 6:14 PM

    Made no difference, unable to adapt their game to match the conditions! There are no ifs or buts, it really is that SIMPLE.

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    Nov 4th 2012, 5:42 PM

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