Cullen can be the golden girl

COACH Ray Treacy insists it will take a massive performance to deny home hope Mary Cullen the gold medal in tomorrow’s SPAR European cross-country championships at Santry Demesne.

Treacy, a member of the Irish team that won the silver medals at the world championships in Limerick in 1979, has coached the Sligo woman since she went to Providence on a scholarship.

Last year Cullen had the bronze medal snatched from her in the last few strides of the European championships in Brussels but that won’t happen again, according to Treacy.