Heffernan: I gave it everything

ROBERT HEFFERNAN had mixed emotions after missing out on a medal by 11 seconds at the European Championships in Barcelona yesterday.

The men’s 20k walk was won by Russian Stanislav Emelyanov, the world 10k junior champion, in 80mins 10secs from Olympic 50k champion Alex Schwazer (Italy) (80:38) and Joao Vieira (Portugal), 80:49.

Heffernan, who finished fourth in 81mins, always had the latter two in his sights and there were brief moments when it appeared as if he might haul them back.