Irish race-walker Brendan Boyce showed off his smooth dance moves as he finished sixth in the 50km race walk at the World Championship in Doha.
It took a respectable 4:07:46 to finish in sixth place during the early hours of this morning after Japan’s Yusuke Suzuki won in a time of 4:04:20.
The Donegal-native is coached by Irish race-walking legend Rob Heffernan and had to overcome dangerous levels of heat to move complete a memorable showing in the final 10km.
And speaking after the race, Boyce said: “It means a lot and I want to thank everyone who’s helped me this year.
“I was in eight or ninth place after 40km and I thought about picking people off then. The race plan was perfect.
"Rob helped me out and made sure I was fully confident, it didn’t matter what the conditions were, I was going to be top six or top eight."
The Irishman has now set his sights on an Olympic medal in Tokyo next Summer, adding: "I just love the 50 kilometre.
“Being Irish, we just love misery so 50km is perfect for me, being out there and miserable for four hours – misery is happiness for me.
“Bring on Tokyo, I want to win that medal!”
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