Ireland’s Brian Gregan, the sole Irish performer on day three at the World Track and Field Championships in Moscow, finished 7th in his 400m semi-final in 45.98.

Germany have been forced to find late replacements for Danny Ecker and Ruwen Faller who both on Wednesday pulled out of the squad for the European Indoor Championships in Madrid this weekend.

The Pole Vault event was first up at the BUPA Ireland Cork City Sports in the Mardyke today, but such was the quality of the field involved that a flood of people took their seats early in order to watch the action.

Ireland's Robert Daly came third in the men's 400 metres at the Bupa Ireland Cork City Sports today.