Hamstring injury rules O’Rourke out of world indoors

DERVAL O’ROURKE is out of next weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar with a hamstring injury.

It’s the latest in a series of frustrations for the Cork sprinter with a calf injury forcing her to miss weeks of pre-season training, and sickness ruling her out of the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham.

All medal hopes will now rest with David Gillick who was awarded with the Crowne Plaza athlete of the month following his performance in Aviva Grand Prix when he equalled his own Irish Indoor Record of 45.52 seconds.