IRELAND’S representation at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki was down to 11 yesterday following the withdrawal of David Gillick.

DAVID GILLICK, the European indoor 400m champion, has been named on the Irish team for the world championships in Helsinki the weekend after next.

Adrian O’Dwyer broke the five-year Irish high jump record with a clearance of 2.3m at an international meeting in Algiers last night.

Following the successful staging on the 131st successive National Athletics Championships in Santry at the weekend, Athletics Ireland have announced there will be prize money on offer for the first three Irish athletes in the Fourth Dublin International Games on Friday night in Santry.

WITH national champion and record-holder Paul McKee and runner-up Rob Daly opting for the 200m, bronze medallist Antoine Burke will carry Irish hopes in a star-studded 400m at the Dublin International Games tonight.