O’Rourke makes her mark with new Irish record
It was a new Irish record - well inside her old mark of 8.22 - and inside the qualifying standard - 8.20 - for the world indoor championships in Birmingham in a month’s time.
It was an awesome performance on a track that is not renowned for speed and it left everyone gasping, including the mother of Latvia’s world ranked male high hurdler, Stanislavs Olijars, who coaches the runner-up.