Ryan races into history with record 200m run

GARY RYAN has hit form at precisely the right moment — and the Nenagh Olympic sprinter highlighted this fact once again at the weekend in Birmingham where he became the first Irishman in history to break 21 seconds for 200m indoors with a 20.99 victory in the final.

And that was after he equalled the existing national record with 21.06 in the semi-finals.

It was also another great weekend for hurdler Derval O'Rourke and Dublin sprinter Ciara Sheehy who finished first and second in their respective events.