Reigning Irish 5,000m champion Hiko Tonosa can now represent his adopted country with immediate effect after receiving his certificate of naturalisation on the second of day two days of citizenship ceremonies in Killarney. Suddenly Tonosa’s life was under similar threat: “For three or four days I was on the street,” he told The Irish Times last summer. On Sunday he finished second to defending champion John Travers in the 3,000m at the Irish Indoors. Since the start of the year, Tonosa has been training with the Dublin Track Club group, under the coaching of Feidhlim Kelly, though he still represents DSD for competition purposes. Over the two days in Killarney, people the UK topped the table, with 982 becoming Irish citizens.

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2020 16:18 UTC