Cork athlete became only the second woman to break the two-minute barrier
She beat previous record holder Ciara Mageean in the process in Belfast
Qualified for Tokyo in the most dramatic of fashions
Healy will become the first Irish woman to compete in three track events at the same Olympics
Becker ran a 400m best of 52.32 at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast in May
At 19, McDonnell is the youngest member of the track and field team
Michelle Finn also gains valuable Tokyo ranking points in 3,000m steeplechase
Permit affords competing athletes the chance to gain valuable ranking points
Irish Milers Club meeting lost European permit over administrative error
So far, 21 athletes have either qualified or are very close to – four more than in Rio 2016
Use of poet in campaign for 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland causes controversy
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Martina Navratilova, Sonia O’Sullivan and Rachael Blackmore speak at virtual event
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