In-form Heffernan back on track for Lille meet

AFTER some spectacular performances on the road over the past three months, racewalker Robert Heffernan (Togher AC) returns to the track on Friday night when he will compete in a 5k event at the Grand Prix meeting in Lille.

On Saturday he was again inside the Olympic qualifying standard when he finished 10th (1:28.38) in the 20k at the Grand Prix in La Caruna.

“I was disappointed with La Caruna,” he said. “But I just could not get psyched up for the race at all. Robert (Korzeniowski) gave me a right telling off.” European indoor 400m champion David Gillick faded to finish seventh (46.33 secs) in the 400m at the Norwich Union Classic in Glasgow at the weekend.