O'Sullivan smashes another record

Sonia O’Sullivan decimated the world 10-mile record as she won today‘s BUPA Great South Run in Portsmouth.

The 32-year-old Irish athlete scorched around the streets of the south-coast venue, winning in 51 minutes exactly.

She bettered the previous record – set by Colleen Ceruck in Washington four years ago – by 16 seconds.

O’Sullivan the European 5,000 and 10,000m silver medallist in Munich last month, showed she meant business from the start, going through the first mile in four minutes 57secs.