Heat is on for ‘Beijing dress rehearsal’

WITH the Olympic Games just around the corner, the world championships, which get under way in Osaka today, has been described as a ‘dress rehearsal’ for Beijing by Patsy McGonagle, Athletics Ireland’s first full-time senior team manager.

As such, it is hardly surprising that the High Performance Committee should put all the resources at their disposal behind the 15-strong squad that covers the widest range of events ever at a major championships.

“It has been a very interesting exercise for everyone involved and I would like to think that we have got it right,” Liam Hennessy, Chair of the High Performance Committee, said last night as he left the IAAF Congress.