OCI would consider letting Lombard take part in Beijing

IF Cathal Lombard qualifies for the Olympic Games in Beijing then the Olympic Council of Ireland will give consideration his participation.

He forfeited his Olympic dream when he tested positive for EPO on the eve of the Athens Games in 2004.

Since then he has served his two-year mandatory ban and returned to frontline athletics on Saturday when he demolished a raging hot field to win the national senior cross-country title in Belfast.