Athletics: Mayo-born Diver seals Olympic spot for Australia

In the realm of Irish distance-running, this was the best performance for many years – a two-hour, 24-minute reminder to those in Athletics Ireland of what might have been.

Mayo’s Sinead Diver smashed her personal best to finish a superb seventh at the London Marathon yesterday, the 42-year-old carving more than a minute off her personal best to clock 2:24:11.