Conor Duncan set for AAI Micro Meet this weekend

Ratoath AC athlete Conor Duncan could be in action at the Athletics Ireland Indoor Micro Meet for invited high performance athletes in the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena this weekend.

However, Trim AC athlete Harry Purcell is unlikely to be in a position to take up the invite after he picked up a minor injury in the last few days.

Ratoath athlete Duncan will be in action in the 800m while, at this stage, Andrew Coscoran is not on the list to run in the 1,500m after he competed in two races in France in the past week.

Duncan was among a small group of athletes authorised by Athletics Ireland to compete at the Vienna Indoors international at the end of January.

The AAI meet this weekend will allow for a Covid-19 compliant event for European Indoor qualification purposes and for the attainment of Category E World Ranking points for all those athletes working towards Tokyo qualification.

Entry will be restricted to athletes tracking towards Olympic Games qualification and European Indoor Championships qualification, including senior relay panels, and invitations will be issued in the coming days.

A small number of additional athletes may be invited to ensure the event is compliant with permitting requirements so that all results are valid for qualification purposes.

The participation of each athlete must be approved by Government via Sport Ireland Expert Group.

The European Indoor Championships currently scheduled to take place from 5th - 7th of March in Poland.