Throwback Thursday: Derval’s agonising fourth
Derval O Rourke, 3 time Olympian, World Indoor Champion and multiple European medalist missed out on a world medal by just a tenth of a second in 2009. After a disappointing performance in 2008, Derval would take on 5 Olympic finalists in Berlin and also put the great Sally Pearson back into 5th.
O Rourke showcased her championship pedigree by setting a season’s best in each round culminating in an Irish record in the final. Derval would go on to take two hundreds off it in Barcelona the following year.
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Brigitte Foster-Hylton | ![]() |
12.51 | SB |
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Priscilla Lopes-Schliep | ![]() |
12.54 | |
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Delloreen Ennis-London | ![]() |
12.55 | SB |
4 | Derval O’Rourke | ![]() |
12.67 | NR |
5 | Sally McLellan | ![]() |
12.70 | |
6 | Ginnie Powell | ![]() |
12.78 | |
7 | Dawn Harper | ![]() |
12.81 | |
8 | Perdita Felicien | ![]() |
15.53 |
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