A dream come true as Longford swimmer Darragh Greene heading to Tokyo Olympic Games with Team Ireland
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Longford swimmer Darragh Greene has said he is absolutely honoured and delighted to be nominated to represent Ireland at his Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo.
Absolutely honoured and delighted to be nominated to represent @TeamIreland at my first Olympic Games this summer! Absolute dream come true! Sláinte to everyone who has supported me on this journey, HWG pic.twitter.com/K3QdLSiWpG Darragh Greene (@GreeneDarragh) January 26, 2021
Swim Ireland today announced its revised Olympic nomination policy for the Tokyo Games and this means Darragh Greene and Shane Ryan can now both be considered for the Games as the two Irish swimmers to post performances under the FINA ‘A’ time in their respective events in the designated period thus far.
Portarlington s Shane Ryan tweets Tokyo Olympics swimming dream delight
Irish American swimmer with Laois roots happy that he remains on course for Japan Games
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The Irish swimmer Shane Ryan who has roots in Portarlington is delighted to be picked to swim in Tokyo at the Olympics this year.
The US native who declared for Ireland by virtue of being the son of a Laois man has tweeted following the news from the Olympic Federation of Ireland that his qualification time set in 2019 will still make him eligible for Tokyo. Absolutely delighted to be nominated for my second summer Olympic Games for Ireland. It is such a great honor to be selected. Thank you to everyone who has sacrificed and helped me achieve my life dream, he said.
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