Ballymore's Oisín primed to participate in World Athletics Championships

Ballymore athlete Oisín Lane has been named by Athletics Ireland in an initial team selection for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

The Mullingar Harriers AC member is primed to participate in the Men's 35km Race Walk at the Championships to take place in the Japan National Stadium from September 13 to September 21.

Lane achieved the required qualifying standard with a fifth place finish in the Spanish National 35km Race Walking Championships in March.

With a World Championships standard of 2 hours 36 minutes 30 seconds needed, Oisín finished over four and a half minutes ahead of the qualifying target with a final time of 2 hours 31 minutes 53 seconds.

Most recently, Lane, representing the University of Limerick and Ireland, competed in the World University Games in July where he achieved an 11th place finish in the 20km Walk Race.