O’Rourke reveals hurdles to success

If anyone is accustomed to overcoming obstacles it is Ireland’s sprint hurdler Derval O’Rourke but there are times when something as basic as finding a track on which to train can be problematic for the Cork athlete and her fellow Olympic hopefuls.

O’Rourke was faced with just such a situation last weekend when she attempted to work off the jetlag from a holiday in the USA and Caribbean with a workout at the ALSAA complex near Dublin Airport.

The problem is that ALSAA is a private complex and a member of staff was quick to inform her of that fact