O'Sullivan backs Johnson for Great Ireland Run

Sonia O’Sullivan has tipped training partner Benita Johnson to emerge victorious from a high-quality field in tomorrow’s Great Ireland Run in Dublin.

O'Sullivan backs Johnson for Great Ireland Run
Sat, 05 Apr, 2008 - 10:09

Sonia O’Sullivan has tipped training partner Benita Johnson to emerge victorious from a high-quality field in tomorrow’s Great Ireland Run in Dublin.

O’Sullivan – a former champion who is competing in the 10,000metres road race in Phoenix Park as one of the mass participants – believes Johnson is regaining peak form after missing six weeks of training with a knee injury.

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