Steeplechase delight for Beijing bound McGettigan

ROISÍN McGETTIGAN earned a deserved and timely boost in advance of the Olympic Games when she won the women’s steeplechase at the first session of the VIVA British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace last night.

Sat, 26 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

The 27-year-old Wicklow athlete to produced a devastating last lap to sprint away from the young Romanian,

Ancuta Bobacel, and win in a time of 9:33.36.

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