THERE was no medal but Robert Heffernan’s heroic fourth place performance in the 50k walk at the Olympic Games on Saturday will rank among the greatest Irish athletic performances of all time.

JAMIE COSTIN, on his comeback, and Colin Griffin, on his debut, both failed to finish the 50k walk at the world championships in Osaka on Saturday.

THE Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI) will this week meet with their interim Chief Executive.

Cork's Robert Heffernan has been disqualified from the 20km walk final in Athens after he picked up the maximum three penalty points.