Glasgow runners off to Rio after London Marathon performances
Callum Hawkins and Tsegai Tewelde book places at the Olympics this summer.
Two runners from Glasgow and the West have booked places at the Olympics in Rio after impressive finishes at the London Marathon.
Callum Hawkins from Kilbarchan AAC/West of Scotland University, beat the World Record holder, Dennis Kimetto, and went to third in the Scottish all-time list with a time of 2.10.52 to finish eighth in the race and top Brit on the day.
The 23 year old was joined in the automatic selection places by Tsegai Tewelde, the Eritrean-born Shettleston Harriers athlete who represented Scotland at the Leeds 10K last November and now has a British passport.
Tewelde ran 2.12.23 to get inside the 2.14 required for automatic selection for Rio and finsih 12th. Then Derek Hawkins made it a Scottish 1-2-3 in terms of the British race with 14th place overall.
Derek clocked a big PB at 2.12.57 to ensure he was under the Olympic qualifying time and give the selectors a decision to make ahead of Tuesday’s announcement.
The Hawkins brothers run for Kilbarchan AAC and, of course, the Hawkins family have nurtured the athletics potential and progress of Callum and Derek down a number of years while Shettleston have shown great patience in their support for Tsegai.