McSweeney sets sights on Valencia

TWO years ago Ailish McSweeney shared a room with Derval O’Rourke when her Leevale clubmate won the 60m hurdles title at the world indoor championships in Moscow.

Now, after two best-forgotten years, she is hoping they will be sharing again at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia where, if all goes well, O’Rourke will be defending her title.

Those intervening years were something of a disaster for McSweeney, who shared again with O’Rourke at the European outdoor championships in Gothenburg in 2006 and the world indoor champion went on to claim silver in the 100m hurdles while McSweeney was just a shadow of her self.