O’Rourke survives injury scare

HOMETOWN favourite Derval O’Rourke is set to line out at the Cork City sports tomorrow, after overcoming injury concerns in Thessalonika on Wednesday night, according to her coach, Sean Cahill.

Fortunately for Cork fans she won the race in Greece, and while her time – 13.13 secs – was hardly something to shout about, the fact that she came through the race intact was the deciding factor in her decision to compete.

O’Rourke, who came off a frustrating start to the season to finish fourth in a sensational 100m hurdles final at the world championships in Berlin last year, faced catastrophe last weekend when she suffered a bad fall in a race in Germany.