Heffernan braced for Barcelona

ROBERT HEFFERNAN will have his sights on a medal when he puts the finishing touches to his European Championship preparations at the Irish team’s holding camp in Murcia today, although the Cork man has been keeping very much to himself since embarking on this mission.

“Everything has been going very well,” he said. “I would like to think it is similar to pre-Osaka or Beijing. Training has been solid although there have been hiccups. I had one bad day after the nationals when everything got on top of me.

“But this training camp has been good and the fact that it has been so warm is all in my favour. I don’t have any problem with the heat.