Coghlan: Sonia wrong to only send A team
The Olympic Council of Ireland and Athletics Ireland signed up to an agreement last year that only athletes who achieved an A standard in their chosen discipline would make it onto the Irish team for the upcoming Olympics — despite the International Olympic Committee allowing athletes with B standards to also participate in the Games.
O’Sullivan, who is the Irish Olympic team’s chef de mission, is supportive of that policy, having stated: “If athletes think they can qualify with an A or a B standard they are more likely to settle for the lower one.”
