IRELAND’S top female triathlete has been tragically killed while training in France.

Cork-based Trevor Woods took his fifth national triathlon title in a very hotly contested Sprint-distance Triathlon Championships on Sunday.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN’S Sports Council grant has been reinstated but the International Carding Scheme Appeals Committee have virtually retired a whole generation of Irish athletics by refusing their appeals, according to a leading athletics figure.

Once the preserve of endurance junkies, the gruelling sport of triathlon is enjoying a surge of popularity across the world. Ireland’s very own ironwoman tells all to Mark Gallagher.