OLYMPIC silver medallist Nick Willis (New Zealand) earned the coveted American Trophy for the best performance of the meet after winning the 1,500m at Cork City Sports at the CIT Stadium in Bishopstown in Cork on Saturday.

The Olympic gold-medallist Mark Lewis-Francis has escaped a ban after testing positive for cannabis at this year’s Spar European Indoor Championships.

MARTIN McCARTHY completed his preparations for Sunday’s Ballycotton 10 in most unusual circumstances at the weekend.

CATHAL LOMBARD claimed his place on the Irish team for next month’s world championships in Paris with a spectacular performance at the British Milers Club meet in Watford at the weekend, finishing fourth in the 10,000m in 28:05.27 — comfortably inside the B standard of 28:06.00.

It was a joyless seventh night for Ireland at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, as none of the Irish competitors in action managed to progress through the heats at the Commonwealth Stadium.