Person: Vivian Jemutai

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Fionnuala’s Euro bid ends in frustration

She ran her heart out, just like always, but as has increasingly been the case for Fionnuala McCormack at the European Cross Country, it just wasn’t enough.

Mon, 11 Dec, 2017

Fionnuala McCormack faces up to Turkish nemesis again

Fionnuala McCormack will have to overcome her Turkish nemesis at the European Cross Country Championships in Chia, Italy, tomorrow.

Sun, 11 Dec, 2016

Fionnuala McCormack right to highlight fraud of ‘country-hopping’ but we are all complicit

The best thing about Fionnuala McCormack’s glorious denunciation of the sham that is international sport is that this is a fraud in which so many are complicit, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2016

Running riot with transfer procedure

Were Fionnuala McCormack a footballer she would stand with that clichéd cohort of players who ‘let their boots do the talking’ so it was some shock to wake up yesterday to the spiky sights and sounds of the Irish long-distance runner dropping an f-bomb and calling out the nationality rules in athletics as “a joke”.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2016

Fionnuala McCormack furious as nationality switches see her come up short

Many times in her career, Fionnuala McCormack has had to grin and bear as she dealt with the bitter taste of fourth place at a major championships, but this time it was clear she had enough.

Thu, 07 Jul, 2016