Hurdling star Derval O'Rourke warmed up for her Barcelona bid by securing her eighth national title in the 100m hurdles on the final day of the Woodie's DIY National Senior Track & Field Championships in Santry.

Team manager Patsy McGonagle hailed the efforts of Ireland's top track and field stars as they finished a very credible eighth in the European Team Championships 1st League event in Budapest.

Eileen O’Keeffe was unable to secure a place in Saturday’s Hammer final after today’s qualification round.

Thomas Chamney's World Championships campaign is over after he disappointed in this morning's 800 metres heats at Berlin's Olympiastadion.

ROBERT HEFFERNAN was stunned after failing to make the top 10 in the men’s 20k walk at the world championships on Saturday.

Thomas Chamney finished seventh in his heat of the 1500 metres tonight, as the first day of World Championships action came to a close in Berlin.

DAVID CAMPBELL makes a quick return to competitive running in Germany next Saturday when he lines up for an onslaught on the 1,000m.

THOMAS CHAMNEY is named on the Irish team in both the 800m and 1,500m for the world athletics championships in Berlin, ruling out arch rival David Campbell, who had been hoping for the 800m berth.

Paul Hession, the big draw on the second and final day of the Woodie's DIY Senior Track and Field Championships in Santry, was forced to withdraw from the 100 metres today due to illness.

MIDDLE distance fans could be in for a double treat at the Woodies DIY national track and field championships at Santry’s Morton Stadium tomorrow with the possibility of a head to head between Thomas Chamney and David Campbell in both the 800m and the 1,500m finals.

THE race may not have lived up to its billing but Ireland’s David Gillick won’t complain about that after finishing third behind the Olympic champion, LaShawn Merritt (USA) in the 400m at last night’s Super Grand Prix meeting in Monte Carlo.

THOMAS CHAMNEY yesterday demanded a change of mindset in Irish athletics if the under-fire sport is to regain credibility.

Ireland's Thomas Chamney has failed to qualify for the next stage of the men's 800m event in Beijing.

OLIVE LOUGHNANE is ready for the race of her life in tomorrow morning’s women’s 20k walk in Beijing, according to coach Ray Flynn.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN has lashed the treatment meted out to 800m runner David Campbell in the selection of B standard athletes for the Olympic Games.

Three further athletes - 400 metres hurdler Michelle Carey, marathon runner Pauline Curley and 800 metres specialist Thomas Chamney - have today been added to the Irish Olympic team for next month's Games in Beijing.

THOMAS CHAMNEY was rewarded for a last minute dash from Heusden-Zolder to Dublin to compete in the Woodies DIY National Championships yesterday when he was named on the Irish team for Beijing.

THOMAS CHAMNEY will take his quest for the Olympic A standard for 800m to Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, on Sunday after a disappointing race in Lucerne last night.

THOMAS CHAMNEY went to within 0.66 seconds of the Olympic ‘A’ standard for 800m in Lignano, Italy, at the weekend, when he finished fourth in a quality race in 1:44.66, and now the Clonmel man will take his quest for a place in Beijing to Lucerne tomorrow night.

David Campbell claimed an historic double at the Woodie's DIY National Senior Track & Field Championships in Santry by becoming the first man to win both the 800m and 1500m titles since Eamonn Coghlan achieved the feat in 1981.

The big guns are all still in sight of winning the men's 800m title as David Campbell, Thomas Chamney and David McCarthy all qualified as easy winners of today's heats.

THE men’s 800m final could be the race of the weekend at the Woodies DIY national track and field championships at Morton Stadium.

Thomas Chamney and David McCarthy both qualified for the 800 metres semi-finals at the European Indoor Athletics Championships today in Birmingham to complete a very satisfactory first day for the Irish team.

Alistair Cragg is confident he can retain his European Indoor 3000 metres title in Birmingham tomorrow after a dramatic qualifying race.

A PLACE in the 800m final and the six-year-old Irish indoor record will be top of Thomas Chamney’s agenda when the Tipperary man takes to the blocks at this weekend’s European Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

IRISH collegiate athletes in the United States have some tough acts to follow as the latest round of conference indoor track championships get underway this weekend.

IRISH athletes Rose Anne Galligan and Thomas Chamney were among the big guns in US college track and field when their names appeared in Trackwire.com’s Dandy Dozen rankings ahead of the indoor season.

Kilkenny woman Joanne Cuddihy looks set to double up with both the 200 metres and 400 metres titles at the Woodies DIY National Track and Field Championships this weekend.