Costello and Darcy claim Irish one-two

COLIN COSTELLO and Danny Darcy claimed both the gold and silver medals for Ireland in the 1,500m at the European Junior Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Some superb tactical running by Darcy left the two Irishmen battling it out for first and second places over the final 200m.

It was a race to savour and one had to go back to the final of the 3,000m at the inaugural world indoor championships in Indianapolis in 1987 for the only other time Irish athletes took gold and silver in the one event at a major championship.