Sonia O'Sullivan: I knew what Chinese were doing wasn’t possible

Sonia O’Sullivan last night admitted she knew the Chinese athletes who denied her World Championship gold in 1993 were performing “beyond human capability” but said she considered them “victims”.

O’Sullivan came fourth in the 3,000m and took silver in the 1,5000m back in 1993, with only Chinese competitors ahead of her in both races.

Qu Yunxia, Zhang Linli and Zhang Lirong made it a clean sweep for China in the 3,000m, with Liu Dong pipping O’Sullivan to gold in the 1,500m.