O’Rourke primed for action

DERVAL O’ROURKE is all set to take her place in the line-up for the 100m hurdles at the BUPA Cork City Sports this afternoon relieved to be finally able to get her outdoor season under way after an injury scare.

The newly crowned world indoor 60m hurdles champion will be the star attraction at the meet where not so long ago she was one of the basket girls carrying the athletes’ gear, but it became clear on her visit to the track yesterday that it was the positive attitude that typifies her character that salvaged her season.

She had stashed her world championship medal away and got in six weeks of serious training in preparation for the outdoor track when she was faced with a hurdler’s nightmare — a pelvic bone problem that was responding to nothing.