Irish eye Osaka challenge

Ireland will field a small but strong team at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka next month.

Eileen O’Keeffe, who smashed her Irish hammer record at the trials in Santry Stadium in Dublin on Saturday and is now ranked 13th in the world, established world indoor 60m hurdles champion Derval O’Rourke, two-time European Indoor gold medallist David Gillick and 5,000m runner Alistair Cragg are the main hopes.