O'Rourke optimistic ahead of Gothenburg
Derval O'Rourke hopes to join a select group of Irish athletes when she guns for glory in Gothenburg next week.
Only five Irish athletes have won medals at the European Championships previously - Ronnie Delany (bronze, 1500 metres, 1958), Frank Murphy (silver, 1500m, 1969), Eamonn Coughlan (silver, 1500m, 1978), Mark Carroll (bronze, 5000m, 1998) and Sonia O'Sullivan (gold, 3000m, 1994; gold, 5000m, gold, 10000m, 1998; silver, 5000m, silver, 10000m, 2002) - but Cork hurdler O'Rourke feels she is a strong contender for a podium finish in Sweden.