Derval O’Rourke: I almost started to hate the sport because of doping by rivals

Athletics is braced for further blows to its credibility today when the second part of the World Anti-Doping Agency report into Russian doping is revealed, but Derval O’Rourke knew all along she was being cheated, writes Cathal Dennehy.

When Derval O’Rourke looks back on her career, she can still pinpoint the moments, the medals, the memories, stolen from her grasp.

By the time she hung up her spikes in 2014, O’Rourke had amassed five major championship medals, but she left with a bitter taste, one left lingering by a sport poisoned with doping.