Irish pair progress in Osaka

Ireland made a good start to the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka in the early hours of this morning as Wicklow duo Roisin McGettigan and Fionnuala Britton both progressed to the final of the 3,000 metres Steeplechase.

The first Irish athletes into championship action braved the searing 30-degree heat and 64% humidity in the Nagai Stadium.