Athletics: No glorious triple jump comeback for Mordi

THERE was no great comeback for Edinburgh medical student Nony Mordi in the triple jump at the Aviva UK Athletics Championships and European Trials in Birmingham.

The Scottish record-holder, competing for only the second time after a 15-month injury break, could manage only a modest leap of 12.31 metres for ninth place compared to her best of 13.62 metres which would have won her the gold medal.

That went to Laura Samuel (Leicester) with a personal best of 13.52m.

Anglo-Scot James Campbell won the javelin with a heave of 74.00m and Lee McConnell was fastest qualifier in the 400m heats in 52.41 secs, while Lasswade's Guy Learmonth qualified for today's semi-finals by finishing third in his heat of the 800m in 1:50.36 and Graham Oudney (Pitreavie) squeezed through as a fastest loser in another heat, fifth in 1:51.09.

Dunfermline's Nick Smith was third in his 100m heat in 10.53 secs.