Dafne Schippers smashed the European record to win the world 200m title in 21.63 seconds at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing moving her to Number 3 on the world all-time 200m list.

Olive Loughnane has provided Irish athletics with a massive shot in the arm by winning a silver medal in the 20 kilometre walk at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

World record holder Gillian O’Sullivan was disqualified in yesterday’s European Cup of Race Walking 20 kilometres event in Cheboksary for lifting.