Red-hot O’Rourke ready to lay down marker at Morton

IRELAND’S new world champion Derval O’Rourke, fresh from her record run in Lausanne last week, and both European indoor champions, Alistair Cragg and David Gillick, will have a rare opportunity to parade their talents before the home fans when they line up for the Woodies DIY National Track & Field Championships at Morton Stadium over the weekend.

Right now the Cork starlet is in brilliant form, according to her coach Jim Kilty, who described last Monday’s training session as her best of the season.

“Look, this girl has come on a ton,” he insisted. “We were very happy, not just with the national record (12.92 secs) in Lausanne but with her overall performance that night. I think she has shown further improvement since then and we are all looking forward to Sunday. After that she will compete in Stockholm and then Helsinki and we would like to have just one more race before the European Championships but, unfortunately, they have pulled the 100m hurdles in London.”