Luke McCann notches 1500m personal best, narrowly misses out on automatic Olympic qualification 

The time and bonus points will ensure he’s well within the cut-off to secure a Games place via world rankings.

Luke McCann of Ireland. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Luke McCann smashed his 1500m personal best to finish second at the Stockholm Diamond League on Sunday, the Dubliner clocking 3:33.66 to move fourth on the Irish all-time list behind Andrew Coscoran, Ray Flynn and Marcus O’Sullivan.

McCann returned to action last month after an extended layoff with injury but has been in impressive form since, clocking 3:34.32 last week In Ostrava. In Stockholm, he came home a close second behind Robert Farken of Germany (3:33.53) and while he has yet to secure the automatic Olympic standard (3:33.50), the time and bonus points will ensure he’s well within the cut-off to secure a place via world rankings. Sophie Becker was also in action in Stockholm, the Wexford athlete clocking 52.17 to finish third in the pre-programme 400m.