Andrew Coscoran keeps picking up the pace

Andrew Coscoran bids to build on an impressive 12 months at this weekend's World Indoor Championships 

Andrew Coscoran: 'Indoor running is more tactical, placement is hugely important, so I’d be trying to be up in the top six, giving yourself a chance.'

By now, Andrew Coscoran has got used to racing prodigies. The 25-year-old’s final tune-up ahead of this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Belgrade was, after all, a race that boiled down to a head-to-head duel with one of the brightest young talents in Irish sport.

In Abbotstown last week, the Balbriggan native had to draw on all his speed, strength and tactical experience to repel the late charge of Nick Griggs, the gifted 17-year-old from Tyrone who obliterated the European U20 indoor mile record with 3:56.40, with Coscoran finishing a few inches in front with 3:56.27.