LAST UPDATE | 19 May 2021
IRELAND’S MEN’S 4×200 freestyle relay team have improved their hopes of a place at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics with a fine display at the European Aquatics Championships.
Having set a new national record of 7:12.73 in this morning’s heat, the quartet of Finn McGeever, Jack McMillan, Gerry Quinn and Jordan Sloan bettered that performance in tonight’s final in Budapest.
A time of 7:12.00 was good enough for fifth place in a race that was won by Russia. There was second place for Great Britain, with Italy third and France fourth.
Twelve teams had already stamped their tickets to Tokyo by virtue of their efforts at the 2019 World Championships.
Ireland have now moved into third place in the race for the last four Olympic spots.
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