Brendan Boyce has had a 19th place finish in the 50 kilometre walk at the European Athletic Championships in Berlin.
The two time Olympian from Donegal had a great start and was among the front runners for most of the race.
Boyce was just a couple seconds of the lead at the half way stage, but in sweltering heat started to drift off the pace.
He crossed the finish line in a time just over 4 hours, but was 15 minutes behind the winner Maryan Zakalnytskyy of the Ukraine.
North Sligo athlete Chris O’Donnell has finished sixth in his 400 metres heat, but posted a seasonal best time.
The 20 year old was the third youngest man in the 400m and posted a seasonal best time of 46.81 out of lane one.
