In-form Chamney chases Olympic standard at Lucerne meet

THOMAS CHAMNEY went to within 0.66 seconds of the Olympic ‘A’ standard for 800m in Lignano, Italy, at the weekend, when he finished fourth in a quality race in 1:44.66, and now the Clonmel man will take his quest for a place in Beijing to Lucerne tomorrow night.

Chamney had all but abandoned a serious onslaught on the A standard as he went into this race at the weekend.

“To be honest I did not believe I would run so well,” he admitted yesterday, as he rested in Venice, en route to Lucerne. “There was a thunderstorm all day and the meet was delayed for 45 minutes.