O’Rourke bids for useful Odyssey

The Woodies DIY Irish indoor championships will be a vital element of Derval O’Rourke’s build-up to next month’s world indoors according to her coach, Seán Cahill.

The 2006 world indoor 60m hurdles champion competed in Vienna and Linz last week, recording times of 8.16 and 8.18 seconds when finishing behind Yvette Lewis and LoLo Jones respectively.

Cahill said: “She was pretty rusty in both races but maybe she was just trying to run too fast too quickly. We have been working on a number of things and we just need to put it all together. That’s why the championships in Belfast at the weekend is a vital part of her build-up to the worlds.