Illness knocks Fionnuala Britton out of World Athletics Championships

Ireland’s double European Cross-Country Champion Fionnuala Britton will miss next month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow after announcing she is to take an “extended break” from the sport.

Britton missed last month’s European Team Championships at Morton Stadium due to a chest infection, and the length of time it has taken her to get over it has led her team to withdraw her from all competition for the time being.