O'Rourke progresses to European indoor final

Ireland's Derval O'Rourke qualified for this evening's 60 metres hurles final at the European Indoor Championships in Paris, posting a third-place finish in her semi-final.

O'Rourke got out of the blocks well to clock 7.98 seconds in lane five. She finished behind Alina Talai of Belarus (7.95) and race winner Carolin Nytra from Germany (7.94).