Coman withdraws despite win

DAVID GILLICK, the European indoor 400m champion, has been named on the Irish team for the world championships in Helsinki the weekend after next.

Twelve athletes have been selected five of whom have achieved A standards in their events but Gillick was not included initially.

He missed the Woodies DIY national championships at the weekend with a troublesome hamstring. It caused him to pull out of Cork City Sports and he then withdrew from the final of the 400m at the European U-23 championships.