DERVAL O’ROURKE is well on course for Gothenburg, as evidenced by her third place in a strong field at the DN Galen in Stockholm last night.

THEY say it’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow some good and yesterday, at the world championships in Helsinki, the wind and the weather in general helped Irish athletes achieve their targets in various ways.

Derval O’Rourke was not fazed by the atrocious weather at tonight’s World Championships as she secured a place in semi-finals of the 110 metres hurdles.

AFTER the euphoria that surrounded Gillian O’Sullivan’s silver medal performance on Sunday morning, it was all gloom for the three Irish athletes in action at the World Championships in Paris last evening.

Derval O'Rourke rounded off a poor night for Irish athletics at the World Championship in Paris' Stade de France, finishing last in her heat of the 100m hurdles.