Coghlan aims to clear Gothenburg hurdle

PETER COGHLAN is hoping to take his return to top class athletics to another level tonight in Gothenburg where he will line up for the 60m hurdles against a string of international athletes.

The 32-year-old Dubliner, who made a dramatic comeback to win the 60m hurdles title at the Woodies DIY Irish indoor championships at the Odyssey Arena on Sunday, faded from the scene a couple of years ago when he lost what meagre funding he had and was cut from the carding scheme.

He was right up there among the world’s leading high hurdlers — in one year he had run 13.3 seconds no fewer than seven times — and he holds the honour of being the fastest 110m hurdler not to make an Olympic final.