DERVAL O’ROURKE’S defence of her world indoor 60m hurdles title was in jeopardy last night after she withdrew from next weekend’s Woodies DIY Irish indoor athletic championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast with a foot injury.

World Indoors hurdles champion Derval O’Rourke has pulled out of the Woodie’s DIY Irish Indoor Athletic Championships at the Odyssey Arena Belfast this weekend.

OLYMPIC long jump champion, Dwight Phillips, was among the early arrivals as the stars for tomorrow’s BUPA Cork City Sports at The Mardyke began to assemble yesterday.

AMERICAN Shawn Crawford won the men’s 200 metres gold medal amid astonishingly hostile scenes in the Olympic Stadium as the Greek public vented their spleen against the Games organisers.

American Dwight Phillips has won gold in the Olympic long jump final with a jump of 8.59 metres.