Derval O’Rourke takes home a gold medal in Moscow
Monday 13th March

Derval O’Rourke won gold in the women’s 60 metres hurdles final at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow yesterday.

Derval trains in the High Performance Gym in the University Sports Club under Jim Kilty, where she also works as a marketing assistant.She won the final in a national-record time of 7.84 seconds, three-hundredths of a second inside her winning time in the semi-final.

Ailis McSweeney, a student on the MA in Globalisation at DCU, also competed in the women’s 60 metres event.

Ken Robinson, Chief Executive, DCU Sport, said'We are so proud of Derval's achievement both as a colleague and as an Irish athlete. She is a key member of our team and a wonderful person to work with here in sport. She has benefited greatly from having access to the training facilities here in DCU and in particular the high performance gym which is the largest in the country. We also congratulate Ailis McSweeney on her performance in the World Indoor Championships.'