Sarah Lavin will have one last shot at Olympic qualification after her 100m hurdles victory in Dublin on Sunday.
The Limerick woman, 27, recorded her second fastest ever time, running the race in in 13.17 seconds.
It came just over a week after she broke her personal record, finishing in 12.95 seconds at the World Athletics Continental Tour silver meeting in Madrid.
The result means she can secure Olympic qualification in Lucerne on Tuesday.
Speaking to RTE after the race, Lavin paid tribute to her friend who passed away recently.
She said: "I lost a good friend of mine last Friday night and it really hurt this week because I came back on Sunday and found out.
"My family had kept it from me just for Madrid and I've no doubt she was behind that and she was behind today.
"I'm so lucky to be in this position and hopefully get the job done on Tuesday night."
On what qualifying for Tokyo would mean, she added: "It would be a fairytale. Not the ending, but it would be a fairytale to make it.
"I just want to do it for her, for her family, they're very good friends of mine and there's so many people.. it's me on the track but there's a lot of people holding everything together."
