Listen to Cork's Phil Healy reaction to making tonight's 400m semi-final at World Indoor Championships

Latest: Phil Healy has become the first Irish athlete for eight years to make progress at a World Indoor Athletics Championships, writes Will Downey.

Update 3.30pm: Phil Healy has become the first Irish athlete for eight years to make progress at a World Indoor Athletics Championships, writes Will Downey.

The Bandon AC sprinter went through in third place from her first-round heat to qualify for tonight’s semi-finals of the women’s 400 metres in Birmingham.