Hession through to 60m semi-finals in Turin

Ireland's Paul Hession is through to the semi-finals of the 60m event at the European Indoor Championships in Turin.

Hession finished fourth in his heat this morning in a time of 6.70 seconds.

Mary Cullen and Deirdre Byrne are also through to the next round of the 3,000m.

Cullen won her heat in 8:55.01, while Byrne ran a personal best 9:00.67 to take fourth in her heat.

Elsewhere, both Niamh Whelan and Ailis McSweeney have failed to quality for the 60m heats semi-finals, while Deirdre Ryan is out of the high jump after missing three attempts at 1m 89.