Brave Campbell show

AFTER suffering a viral tummy bug and spending much of the week in isolation from the other members of the Irish team, David Campbell, last night ran the second fastest time of his career at the world championships in Osaka.

The 25-year-old Maynooth man finished seventh in his heat of the 800m in 1:46.47. While it was not good enough to get him through to the semi-finals, it was just outside the personal best of 1:46.05 in Lignano in July and underscored the courage that is a hallmark of his character.

He was hospitalised and put on a drip to replace fluids lost after he was taken ill at the training track at the weekend and Dr Bill Cuddihy administered another litre at 1am yesterday morning when his participation was still in doubt.