Leon Reid has been named in the Team Ireland athletics squad for the Tokyo OlympicsLeon Reid has been named among the 25 athletes selected for the Irish Olympic team in Tokyo. His nomination to the team had to be ratified by the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s selection panel, and after a lengthy process that is understood to have involved an appeal this week, Reid was today announced as a member of the Irish team. “It’s been a tough mental battle as much as anything,” Reid said at the nationals last month. There will be 25 Irish athletes in total competing across track and field, marathons and race walks at the Tokyo Games, with the 2016 Olympic finalist Thomas Barr named in the team. "I am very proud to be representing Ireland at my second Olympic Games,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent July 08, 2021 18:22 UTC