Derval smashes Irish record but lands just outside medals

SHE might have only just missed out on a medal, but star athlete Derval O’Rourke shone brightly at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin with a new Irish record.

Corkwoman O’Rourke finished fourth in the final of the women’s 100 metre hurdles and smashed the existing Irish record with a time of 12.67 seconds.

Earlier yesterday, the Leevale athlete finished fourth in her semi-final in what was for her a season’s best of 12.72 seconds.