Twomey:Olympic places are sealed

Billy Twomey is confident that he and Denis Lynch have won two individual spots for Ireland in the Olympics, saying that, with almost three weeks to go to the March 1 cut-off date, they cannot be caught by Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya.

As revealed last week in this column, the latest rankings saw Twomey maintaining his place at the top on 2,035 points, followed by Lynch on 1,980 points in their quest to secure the maximum two places for Ireland, with Portugal’s Luciana Diniz (1,968pts) filling the last qualifying position.

Twomey yesterday said the gap to fourth-place challenger Alvarez Moya, on 1,765pts, was too big for him to displace the Irish.