O'Keefe injury coming along slowly

There is real concern in the Irish athletics camp over Eileen O'Keeffe's knee injury - the Kilkenny hammer thrower admitted today that she faces 'a battle for time' to be fit for her first Olympics.

The majority of the 16-strong Irish athletics team flew out from Dublin Airport at lunch-time, bound for Beijing, where they will be accredited, before they transfer to a ten-day training camp in Matsue, Japan.