A small but elite band of athletes will represent Ireland at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN raced to her 12th national senior track title when she retained her 5,000m title at the national track and field championships at Morton Stadium and declared herself ready for the world championships in Paris in just under two weeks time.

AILISH McSWEENEY (Leevale) recorded her second double in a week when she won both sprints at the Munster senior track and field championships at the CIT Track in Cork yesterday where Donnacha O’Mahony (East Cork) rolled back the years to reclaim the 5,000m title.