Santry a welcome second best for Streimikyte as Paralympic ambitions put on hold

26 August 2020; Irish Paralympic athlete Greta Streimikyte pictured at Irishtown Stadium in Dublin, showing her support for Circle K’s ‘Here for Ireland’ initiative. Customers can scan the Circle K app and Play or Park loyalty tag in-store to generate digital coins, which Irish Paralympic and Olympic athletes can use to fuel their journey to Tokyo. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Greta Streimikyte should have been in Tokyo's Paralympic bubble right now but, under the circumstances, running the 1,500m at a wet and windy Morton Stadium in the Irish Life National Championships wasn't a bad alternative.

A time of 4:38.54 in the second heat was a season's best and not far off a PB for the visually-impaired athlete for whom the original goal this summer had been a Paralympic medal after banking a fourth place finish at the last Games in Brazil.