US coach not surprised by McDonagh’s form

CIARAN MCDONAGH justified coach Paul Doyle’s confidence when breaking his own national long jump record with a leap of 8.07m at the Resisprint International in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, on Sunday.

“He was brilliant and there is more to come,” the American insisted yesterday. “I have not been doing much work with him since he came back home but he left the States in brilliant form and I knew he was ready to jump that and beyond.”

Unfortunately, the Meath man suffered a recurrence of an Achilles injury and, since the BUPA Cork City Sports, has been treated by Gerard Hartmann at his Limerick clinic.