ALISTAIR CRAGG is Ireland’s latest Olympic injury concern.

DERVAL O’ROURKE is resting the groin injury that has cut short her Olympic preparations and is being treated by the Athletics Ireland medical staff under Dr Bill Cuddihy.

PAUL HESSION is set to rejoin the top 200m runners in the world at the Van Damme Memorial Golden League Meeting in Brussels on September 14.

AFTER suffering a viral tummy bug and spending much of the week in isolation from the other members of the Irish team, David Campbell, last night ran the second fastest time of his career at the world championships in Osaka.

EILEEN O’KEEFFE faces the most exciting assignment of her athletics career to date when she contests the final of the women’s hammer competition at the world championships in Osaka today (1.30pm Irish time).

DAVID GILLICK battled his way through to today’s semi-finals of the men’s 400m but there was heartbreak for Derval O’Rourke when she failed in her attempt to get a place in the final of the women’s 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Osaka.

DAVID CAMPBELL’S participation in the world championships in Osaka was in the balance last night after he was quarantined from the other members of the Irish team with what Dr Bill Cuddihy, the team doctor, described as a viral tummy bug.

IRELAND has two athletes at the top of the European rankings after an exciting weekend that saw Paul Hession (Athenry) run the fastest 200m by a European this year at the Woodies DIY national track and field championships at Morton Stadium and Alistair Cragg post the fastest 5,000m by a European at a meet in Brasschaat, Belgium.