6,000 students in 800-race marathon

BUDDING Sonia O’Sullivans and Eamonn Coughlans were put through their paces yesterday at the biggest one-day track and field athletics competition in Europe.

More than 6,000 pupils from nearly 300 primary schools took part in the competition at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, watched by nearly 10,000 spectators.

They were attending the annual Cork Primary Schools Sports, which was first held in 1924 and has been held every year since, apart from a break during The Emergency the Second World War.