O'Sullivan plays waiting game

Sonia O'Sullivan is keeping her options open on what events she will contest at the Irish Championships this weekend.

O'Sullivan will travel from her London home to Dublin before deciding whether to race over 1500 metres or attempt to achieve the 5000m qualifying time of 15 minutes and 20 seconds for next month's European Championships in Germany.

The reigning European 5000m and 10,000m gold medallist easily achieved the required standard for the longer distance when she was a runaway winner of the English Commonwealth Games trial in Manchester last month where she ran as a guest.

Although winning the 10,000m in Munich - where he main rivals will include Britain's Paula Radcliffe - remains her major aim, O'Sullivan has always nurtured ambitions of achieving another double.

The weather will play a key part in what distances she runs at the Santry Stadium this weekend.

"I would like to run both events in Munich and I am sure I can cope with them," said O'Sullivan. "But I must finally convince myself I am in the right shape to run both."