Budapest a lucky venue for the Irish

IRISH ATHLETES will be looking for inspiration from past performances in Budapest when they go into action in the 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Sportarena today.

Budapest has been a very lucky venue for Irish athletes in the past, going back to the 1966 European Championships when Limerickman, Jim Hogan, won the marathon gold medal, albeit in the British vest.

This time it's clearly going to be an awful lot more difficult for the Irish with a team which is made up, in the main by sprinters.