Brilliant Heffernan returns in style

ROBERT HEFFERNAN made a dramatic return to competition at the Woodies DIY National Senior Championships at Morton Stadium yesterday and retained his men’s 10,000m walk title in an impressive 40:1.64.

Recovering from a hamstring injury since last June, he returned from his training camp in Spain on Friday. The Togher AC athlete planned to do a 40km walk as part of his preparations for the world championships in Daegu but it all appeared in jeopardy until week masseur Liam O’Reilly arrived at his training camp.

“I had no intention of competing today,” he said.