DERVAL O’ROURKE is hoping that the home fans will give her the lift she needs in advance of the Olympic Games when she returns to The Mardyke — where it all began for her — for today’s Cork City Sports.

DAVID GILLICK withdrew from Saturday’s athletics meeting in Madrid with what was described as a “slight niggle” in his knee.

DERVAL O’ROURKE passed a major milestone in her build-up to the World Championships when she broke 13 seconds for the first time this season at last night’s IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Lausanne.

DERVAL O’ROURKE turned in a superb performance to smash the Irish record for the 100m hurdles with a 12.85 sec run for third place at last night’s GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki.

Cork woman Derval O'Rourke has broken the Irish 100 metres hurdles record for the second time in the space of 15 days.