Fionnuala McCormack faces up to Turkish nemesis again

Fionnuala McCormack will have to overcome her Turkish nemesis at the European Cross Country Championships in Chia, Italy, tomorrow.

The proliferation of Kenyan athletes representing Turkey in recent years has made a mockery of the European Championships both on the track and cross country.

It brought McCormack (Kilcoole) to the end of her tether last July when Turkey’s Yasemin Can, formerly Vivian Jemutai, left her fourth over 10,000m on the track at the Europeans in Amsterdam.