Ireland's next top Olympians? 12 athletes aiming for Tokyo 2020 awarded scholarships worth up to €23,000

From athletics to clay pigeon shooting, and from rowing to taekwondo, these competitors are aiming for Tokyo 2020.

Ireland's next top Olympians? 12 athletes aiming for Tokyo 2020 awarded scholarships worth up to €23,000

12 Irish Olympic hopefuls have been awarded grants worth approximately €523 per month until Tokyo 2020, writes Stephen Barry.

The Olympic Solidarity Scholarships, worth up to €18,800 over three years, will assist the athletes’ qualification and preparations for the Tokyo Games, with an additional €4,180 available to cover travel costs for qualification events.

In addition, a €84,000 scholarship (€21,000 per year) has been awarded to the Irish Hockey Men’s National Team, who are bidding to reach a second successive Games.

The total value of the funding is up to €360,000, although funding will be cut-off for any athlete should they become ineligible to qualify for any reason.

Priority has been given to those not in receipt of other grants.

The athletes awarded scholarships are:

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) was awarded eight of the 12 scholarships by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but decided to invest an additional €140,000 to achieve the maximum of 12 scholarships under the scheme.

President of the OCI, Sarah Keane said: “We are delighted that we have secured funding from the IOC’s Olympic Solidarity Fund to support some of Ireland’s Olympic hopefuls and also that the OCI are in a position to invest some additional funds to bring the total number of athletes benefiting from the scholarship programme to 12.

“It is a testament to the work by the athletes themselves and those involved in Ireland’s sport performance programmes that we have such an exciting group of talented athletes across a range of different sports determined to represent Ireland at the Tokyo Olympic Games.”

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