Current world champion Betty Heidler posted a winning throw of 72.43 metres in a class-laden hammer event at Friday night's Morton Memorial meeting in Santry.

ALISTAIR CRAGG joins the international stars at Cork City Sports at The Mardyke tomorrow week.

JAMES NOLAN and Roisín McGettigan got their Olympic years off to flying starts at the weekend’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games with encouraging runs in their respective mile races.

A large crowd turned out at the Mardyke this afternoon for the 54th running of the Bupa Ireland Cork City Sports.

Athens gold medal favourite Allen Johnson just scraped into the USA team at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento.