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Brendan Boyce’s sixth in the world – ‘the best performance ever by a Donegal athlete’

written by Chris McNulty October 14, 2019
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BRENDAN BOYCE’S sixth-place finish at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships has been described as ‘the best performance ever by a Donegal athlete’.

Boyce finished sixth in the men’s 50k race walk in Doha last month. The Finn Valley AC man came home in a time of 4:07:46 in baking temperatures that were above 30 degrees.

Former Irish Olympic team manager Patsy McGonagle believes Boyce’s display puts him to the top of the pile.

“It was the best performance ever by a Donegal athlete in the history of the sport,” McGonagle said. 

Patsy McGonagle addresses a function at Finn Valley AC on Thursday. Picture by Dermot McGranaghan

“Full stop. No-one ever finished that high in a World Championship before and may never again. 

“He went to Doha and spent weeks and weeks training at altitude for those Championships. Sixth was an unbelievable performance.

“Brendan stole the limelight in terms of a national performance.”

Boyce is coached by former world champion Rob Heffernan and has already sealed qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

McGonagle said: “He now has two Olympics over him and he’s going to his third. That is absolutely serious.”

The Milford man competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

McGonagle recalled how the young Boyce began his rise.

Brendan Boyce’s parents, Mandy and Margaret, with Peadar McGranaghan and Catriona Devine

“He grew up and competed in the county before he got into his walking,” he said.

“He went off to England, first of all to Coventry and then Andy Drake suggested Leeds. He was training in Leeds with a walking group. He got into the big walking group and stuck with it. 

“I was worried about him at that time because it was a big challenge, but by Christ, he took on that challenge.”

Brendan Boyce’s sixth in the world – ‘the best performance ever by a Donegal athlete’ was last modified: October 13th, 2019 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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