Heffernan edges AP for 2013 highlight

Rob Heffernan’s World Championship gold in the 50km walk was the greatest Irish sporting achievement of 2013.

The 35-year old made up for a decade of near misses when topping the rostrum at the World Championships in August and his Moscow victory has now been voted as the outstanding sporting feat of the past 12 months.

The Cork native attained 12% in the Pembroke Communication Sports Sentiment Index, edging out champion National Hunt jockey AP McCoy whose 4,000th career win aboard Mountain Tunes last month garnered 11%.