Sheehy denied semi-final spot

The Republic of Ireland’s Ciara Sheehy ran a season’s best but missed out on a place in the 200 metres semi-finals at the European Indoor Championships in unusual circumstances.

She clocked 23.73 seconds to finish third in her heat, with the 14-times Irish champion well adrift of race winner Ivet Lalova, who was timed at 23.21secs.