Athletics: Ankle injury forces Caulfield to abandon shot at World Indoor Championships

IRISH middle distance runner Daniel Caulfield has been forced to abandon his plans for the World Indoor Championships in Budapest in March.

The 31-year-old Irish 800 metre indoor record holder damaged his ankle on a St Stephen’s Day training run in Virginia, USA, and while he has not abandoned all hope of running indoors this year, his focus has already switched to the outdoor season and clocking qualifying standard times for Athens and the Olympic Games in August.

The injury, high on his ankle, was originally thought to have been a break but the diagnosis was thankfully less serious and Caulfield, based in Colorado where he is assistant track coach at Adams State College, will only be ruled out for another three or four weeks.