Rob Heffernan determined to look to the future and focus on Rio

Heffernan is poised to earn further delayed recognition with another Russian, Sergey Kirdyapkin, expected to be stripped of his 2012 Olympic 50k gold medal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

By Brendan O’Brien

Being deprived of the chance to stand on the podium for a major championship by drug cheats must be bad enough, but Rob Heffernan has revealed that his big moment was compromised even further when he was finally awarded a European Championship bronze medal.