Brendan Boyce powers to terrific 10th in 50km race walk

There was a career-best showing too by Leevale's Alex Wright who finished 29th

Ireland’s Brendan Boyce after finishing 10th in the Men’s 50k Race Walk

At the end of 50 ferociously tough kilometres, he had reason to smile as he churned through the last of them. At what is likely his event’s last stand on the Olympic stage, Brendan Boyce battled through nauseating fatigue and viciously oppressive heat in Sapporo today to finish a truly terrific 10th in the 50km race walk.

Three hours, 53 minutes and 40 seconds – his time brought him home just a few minutes outside the medals, with Poland’s Dawid Tomala rewarded for his mid-race bravery with gold in 3:50:08, Germany’s Jonathan Hilbert next in with 3:50:44, and Canada’s Evan Dunfee surging to bronze over the final kilometre in 3:50:59.