In-form Fagan in good fettle
Although he failed to finish in the Beijing Olympics he has bounced back with a series of impressive runs including sixth in the Great North Run and, last month, finishing at the head of a star-studded field in the Manchester Road Race in Rhode Island.
His placing in Toro — the highest ever by an Irish runner in the senior men’s race — was eclipsed by the controversy which followed when he was refused re-entry into the US over a visa problem and had to abandon plans to compete in the Houston Marathon.
