O'Rourke out at semi stage

Leevale athlete Derval O'Rourke failed to repeat her first-round heroics when bowing out of the 60-metre hurdles semi-finals at the European Championships in Madrid today.

The 23-year-old - who lowered her own national record (8.06 seconds) by 0.04secs yesterday - finished sixth (8.09) in the first semi-final, with four qualifying.