Sonia O'Sullivan wins 10,000m

Sonia O’Sullivan secured an easy victory in the 10,000 metres at the Commonwealth Trials event in Manchester today.

The Cork-born athlete was part of a top-class field which included a former Olympic silver medallist but the two-time mother destroyed her opponents with a time of 31 minutes and 33.20 seconds.

The time was good enough to ensure O’Sullivan will feature in the European Championships in Munich later this year and can also compete in the World Championships in Paris next year.

German runner Sabrina Mokenhaupt was second almost a minute behind O’Sullivan while Olympic silver medallist Elana Meyer was third a further six minutes back.