O'Sullivan ready for medal chase

Sonia O’Sullivan reckons she will have to run faster than ever before to win a World Championship 5,000 metres medal in Paris on Saturday – but believes she is in the right shape to do just that.

The Cobh runner notched a season’s best of 14 minutes and 55.50 seconds in the Stade de France tonight as she qualified for the final by finishing second in her heat – one place ahead of 10,000m gold medalist Berhane Adere of Ethiopia.