Hendricken’s eyes on nothing but a finals berth

GERALDINE HENDRICKEN, Ireland’s athletic sensation of the season, will go into action this morning in the women’s 1,500m heats, which have an automatic place in Sunday’s final as the prize for the first three.

There they will be joined by the three fastest losers.

Yesterday, the 32-year-old Carlow athlete was not contemplating anything other than a berth in what promises to be an exciting final involving reigning world champion Gabriela Szabo.