Olympic dream revived as Fagan to meet US embassy officials

MARTIN FAGAN’S participation in next month’s Houston Marathon will depend on the outcome of a meeting today with officials at the US embassy in Ballsbridge.

Irish team manager Patsy McGonagle last night praised the officials at the embassy for agreeing to meet with the Mullingar man and said they were now hopeful that he would be able to return to the US as early as next week.

“We have to thank the officials for arranging the meeting at such short notice because, from our point of view, time was of the very essence.