Derval plans to go flat out towards London 2012

EXPECT to see Derval O’Rourke running a lot more 100m races between now and London 2012 as her coach, Sean Cahill, attempts to improve her overall performance over the 100m hurdles.

“Derval’s technique is so good there is very little that can be done to improve it,” her coach insisted. “But we can definitely improve her flat speed, and that is what we will be looking at between now and London 2012.”

The Meath man said that her flat speed and her strength are the only areas of her performance open to improvement and himself and his wife, Terri, had been working on that earlier in the year until a slight niggle forced her to ease back.