Lifetime goal within Power's reach

SEAMUS POWER will fulfil a lifetime's ambition when he lines up for the final of the men's 10,000m at the European championships in Munich next Wednesday night, but it will be the first and last major track championship appearance by the Clareman.

Last year he was practically en route to the world championships in Edmonton when a troublesome hernia flared up and he had to undergo emergency surgery that kept him out of action for the whole season.

"The good thing about it I suppose was the fact that my time from last year [28:18.38 in Watford] was accepted and I am going this year," he said. "It is something I have always wanted to do throughout my career."