OCI to decide on extra athletes for Athens

110m hurdler Peter Coghlan has bettered the Olympic B standard seven times so far this season and Athletics Ireland High Performance chief Elaine Fitzgerald believes the Crusaders athlete "should be selected for Athens".

Speaking ahead of tonight's crunch Olympic Council of Ireland meeting to discuss the validity of both the AAI's and Swim Ireland's late push for the inclusion of a further seven athletes in the 48-strong Irish Olympic party, Fitzgerald admitted that Irish athletes "were never happy about the original OCI qualification deadline of June 30".