Limerick's Sarah Lavin and Irish 4x400m relay team finish fifth in the world

Limerick native Sarah Lavin finished fifth in the fastest women's 60m hurdles race ever.

CONSISTENCY: Ireland's Sarah Lavin during the 60m hurdles final at the World Indoor Athletics Championships. Picture: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

In a championship that began in disastrous fashion for the Irish, this was a day of redemption. For Sharlene Mawdsley, it was a chance to right what most athletics anoraks perceived as a wrong – the Newport sprinter channelling the frustration of Friday night’s disqualification from the individual 400m and producing two magnificent runs to help Ireland to fifth place in the women’s 4x400m relay.

For Sarah Lavin, it was another world final to her decorated CV, her fifth-place finish in the 60m hurdles her best ever result at global level, and an improvement on seventh at the last edition in Belgrade.