McGonagle upbeat as Irish team settle in ahead of Doha indoors

THE Irish team have settled into their base in Doha in advance of the world indoor championships which get under way tomorrow morning.

“It’s an unbelievable setting,” said Irish team manager Patsy McGonagle. “We arrived here without any problems and the team has settled in remarkably well. The whole team was down at the track this morning and everyone was very happy with the facilities.

“David Gillick is in very good form, calm and controlled, and his coach, Nick Dakin, arrived here today so that will obviously be a huge boost for him. It’s a particularly difficult assignment for him because the Americans are strongly represented. But he has shown tremendous form in his only indoor race of the season when he equalled his Irish record.