OLIVE LOUGHNANE will put her preparation to the test when she lines-up for the women’s 20k walk tomorrow morning.

DAVID GILLICK, the European indoor 400m champion, has been named on the Irish team for the world championships in Helsinki the weekend after next.

Qualification for Wednesday's 400m final proved beyond Dublin City Harrier Karen Shinkins as she failed to advance from the third semi-final tonight in Paris, won as expected by Mexican Ana Guevara in 50.68.

KAREN SHINKINS, whose season turned around in recent weeks, took another major step back to form yesterday when she made it through to this evening’s semi-finals of the women’s 400.

HOPES of an Irish finalist in either the men’s or women’s 400m were dashed last night when Paul McKee and Karen Shinkins went out in their respective semi-finals.

Ireland’s Karen Shinkins has finished fourth in her heat of the women’s 400m at the European Championships in Munich.

WORLD 5,000m record-holder Gillian O’Sullivan is hoping to extend her wonderful spell of form to 20km in the women’s final at the European championships in Munich.

Karen Shinkins continued her excellent indoor form this season by winning bronze in the 400 metres at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna this afternoon.