O’Sullivan harbours no Olympic marathon dream

SONIA O’SULLIVAN definitely won’t be lining up for the London 2012 Olympic Marathon, but the Cobh superstar is a likely starter for the 2011 Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon on the June Bank Holiday Monday.

Launching the Cork summer showpiece at City Hall yesterday, O’Sullivan admitted she still gets asked about her possible participation and the idea had even crossed her mind but she ruled it out a long time ago.

“I ran one of those Bushy Park time trials in London at the weekend and there was an Irish fellow out there and he said ‘do you have any thought of running the marathon in the Olympics?’ and I said I’d love to do it, but I would be absolutely dreaming. I have got to the point where I have to be realistic,” she said.