Why not show Sonia waving to her fans?

YOUR photo of Sonia O’Sullivan in tears after the women’s 5000 metres in Athens was a highly insensitive piece of journalism (Irish Examiner, August 24).

Why not show Sonia waving to her fans?
Sat, 28 Aug, 2004 - 01:00

Sonia showed herself to be a true athlete by completing this race at all and the only photo you could print on the front page next day was one of Cork’s - and indeed Ireland’s - finest athletes in tears.

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