Double Irish role for Chamney as rival Campbell misses out

THOMAS CHAMNEY is named on the Irish team in both the 800m and 1,500m for the world athletics championships in Berlin, ruling out arch rival David Campbell, who had been hoping for the 800m berth.

Chamney had B standards for both events going into Sunday’s national championships in which he successfully defended his 800m title at the expense of Campbell who went on to win the 1,500m.

Both athletes had B standards for 800m from the Golden League meeting in Oslo, where both recorded personal best performances, Chamney third and Campbell fifth.