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Emotional Heffernan has big plans for future

Having wiggled and waggled his way to winning a world championship, the country’s latest antidote to austerity blues arrived home last night to the kind of welcome only a hero deserves.

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Hero's welcome for world champion Heffernan

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Heffernan’s long and winding road

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ISC refute Hickey charges

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Heffernan fit and focused on his toughest test

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Heffernan finds his stride for Beijing after a ‘brilliant year’

Heffernan delivers career best sixth

ROBERT HEFFERNAN produced a career best performance to finish sixth in a sensational 20k walk at the world championships in Osaka yesterday.

Mon, 27 Aug, 2007

In-form Heffernan back on track for Lille meet

AFTER some spectacular performances on the road over the past three months, racewalker Robert Heffernan (Togher AC) returns to the track on Friday night when he will compete in a 5k event at the Grand Prix meeting in Lille.

Wed, 06 Jun, 2007

Heffernan heralds return with excellent third-place finish in Krakow

ROBERT HEFFERNAN is back on the road and heralded his return by finishing third in a 10k race in Krakow at the weekend behind Ilya Markov (Russia), silver medallist in the Olympics in 1996, and the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, Francisco Fernandez (Spain).

Thu, 21 Sep, 2006

Ryan’s record as Heffernan walks tall

WALKER Robert Heffernan and high jumper Deirdre Ryan produced superb displays at the AAI Indoor Games in Nenagh yesterday.

Mon, 17 Jan, 2005

Costin’s first steps back

HE may be wrapped in plaster from his hips to his armpits, but the message from Olympic racewalker Jamie Costin yesterday was not to write him off just yet.

Tue, 21 Sep, 2004

Costin awaits flight home

JAMIE COSTIN was joined by family members at the KAT hospital in Athens yesterday as he awaited an air ambulance flight to Dublin for treatment on his injured back.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

Legendary walker advises Irish hopefuls

ROBERT HEFFERNAN and Jamie Costin will have the greatest race walker of all time advising them for the Olympic Games in Athens where they will be aiming for a top 10 placing.

Thu, 22 Jul, 2004

O’Sullivan not worried as back injury blamed for race retiral

IRISH Olympic medal hopeful Gillian O’Sullivan is unconcerned by the injury which forced her to abandon the Grand Prix walking race in La Coruna on Sunday.

Tue, 08 Jun, 2004

Gillian’s Olympic preparations start at walking pace

GILLIAN O’SULLIVAN returns home on Saturday with her silver medal from the women’s 20k walk at the World championships and is looking forward to a well earned holiday.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2003