Nick Griggs finishes ninth in 3000m at World Indoor Championships

Elsewhere, Lauren Roy came home sixth in her semi-final of the women’s 60m, her time of 7.23 not enough to advance.

LEARNING CURVE: Nick Griggs  after the men's 3000m final. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

It can be a daunting thing, taking on the world’s best, and while Nick Griggs learned on Saturday night that he is not yet at their level, there was enough evidence in the 21-year-old’s first world final to show that he one day might be.

Griggs came home ninth in the 3000m at the World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, clocking 7:39.03, while his Irish teammate Andrew Coscoran had a race to forget, finishing 13th of the 15 athletes in 7:43.89.