Heffernan looks to 2010 with confidence

ROBERT HEFFERNAN is a warrior and a fighter and he will win a medal at the Olympic Games in London 2012, according to his coach, Ivonne Cassin.

She was speaking after the Togher man completed an amazing campaign at the European Championships in Barcelona, where he not only replicated his fourth placing in Tuesday’s 20k walk but knocked over four and a half minutes off the national 50k record, which he set on his debut over the distance last March.

His time, 3:45:38, placed him fourth behind Frenchman, Yohann Diniz, who led from start to finish to win in 3:40:37, but the result could have been different Heffernan had the confidence to cover the decisive break.