Rob Heffernan says he was prepared for dealing with the pressure of the last 10 kilometres of his Gold medal winning performance in Moscow at the World Championships 50 k walk this monring.

The Cork athlete who picked up a warning during the race says it did not distract him as he opened up significant lead towards the end .

Heffernan who took the race in a time of 3 hours, 37 minutes and 56 seconds says he'll take a break now but is considering going for the Olympics in Rio in 2016.

Patsy Mc Gonagle is the Ireland team manager and is with Heffernan in Moscow and spoke to us earlier.