'Proud' Heffernan: We are as good as anybody

Rob Heffernan has joined the list of Irish sporting greats by claiming Ireland’s third ever gold medal at a World Athletics Championships, becoming only the fifth person in all to medal, by winning the men’s 50k walk in Moscow this morning.

The Cork athlete remained up near the front throughout the race, where even in the cagey opening kilometres, never dropped any lower than tenth, as young Russian pair Ivan Noskov and Mikhail Ryzhov pulled clear.