Andrew Coscoran through to 1500m final as Sarah Lavin misses out 

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FINAL BOUND: Andrew Coscoran has booked his place in the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championship after his fifth plcae finish in the semi-final.  Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Andrew Coscoran had long dreamed of a day like this. He’d envisioned it, believed in it, then worked assiduously towards it. And when it finally became real – as he lay on the track at the Japan National Stadium, gazing up at the result of his 1500m semi-final on the big screen – the agony of his effort very swiftly turned to ecstasy.

The Dubliner had produced the performance of his career at the World Championships in Tokyo on Monday night, unleashing a vicious finishing kick to run down the home straight shoulder to shoulder with many of the world’s best, securing his spot in Wednesday night’s final with a fifth-place finish in 3:35.65.