The Emerald AC star fell just short of her personal best in a very competitive field.

Donegal native finishes in a season’s best of 2:33:31 as Massimo Stano clinches gold.

Olympic champion Sifan Hassan finishes sixth in the women’s 5000m.

The 28-year-old is competing at the World Athletics Championships for the first time.

Meanwhile, Louise Shanahan came fifth in her 800m heat in Oregon.

Olympian Chris O’Donnell was also in action, finishing seventh in the semi-finals of the 400m.

Rojas was among three female two-time Olympic champions to strike gold in Eugene.

There was also added disappointment for Andrew Coscoran, who finished 12th in his 1500m semi-final.

There was disappointment, however, for Sophie Becker.

The Dubliner was just 0.7 seconds shy of his personal best in Eugene, Oregon, and he is back in action at 3am Irish time on Monday.

Christopher O’Donnell, Sophie Becker, Jack Raftery, and Rhasidat Adeleke produced a blistering run this evening.

Semenya initially missed qualification when she only finished sixth at the African Championships last month.

The Down native talks about the grim reality of her life as a 1,500m runner.

It has not been easy to live away from her boyfriend, but with the right support, the Irish middle-distance runner is giving herself the best chance of success.

The Irish 400m hurdler believes PE should become part of the Leaving Certificate.

The Olympic champion seemed to pick up a muscle-related injury as she approached the finish line.

The Jamaican will take to the track for his final individual race at 9.45pm.

English finished in fifth place in heat five.

The British talisman won the 10,000m crown again last night.

Eleven-strong Irish team head to London’s Olympic Park.

Olympian Ashton Eaton is feeling the benefits of a prototype made by Nike.

Veronica Campbell–Brown was adjudged not to have impeded her fellow competitor.

Ben Reynolds, Ciara Everard and Kelly Proper were unable to progress at the Bird’s Nest.

The country was already covered by a cloud of suspicion.

9.79 never looked so good.

Overnight, Alex Wright was disqualified late on in the 20km walk.

The Donegal man finished fifth in his heat, but fast enough to qualify for the next stage tomorrow.

The 2:12.27 finish earned Eritrea just their second ever medal on the world stage.

The World Athletics Championships get under way tomorrow.

Vitaly Mutko insisted the controversial law was not just about homosexuality.

“The world championships are over now and Marian’s four months pregnant and I’ll have to put the hard yards in when I go home. The tables will turn.”

Leitrim’s Laura Reynolds finished 31st at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow this morning.

The Olympic champion rules herself out after failing to recover from an Achilles injury.

The Leevale star won’t be on the Moscow start line next month.