Irish U-23’s have medals on their minds

THE Irish team arrived in Bydgoszcz, Poland last night for the Euro U23s with medals on their minds.

The two leading medal hopes, Cork's Derval O'Rourke and David McCarthy from Leixlip, travelled via Italy where they competed on Sunday. O'Rourke finished second in the 100m hurdles to put a nice finishing touch to her preparations.

"Derval has a great chance of a medal," team coach John Sheehan insisted. "She has been improving all season and is going out in the right frame of mind. And I think the 4 x 100m team also has an outstanding chance of getting into the medals."