O'Sullivan in 800m at Morton Stadium

SONIA O'SULLIVAN will compete in the 800m on at the national track and field championships at Morton Stadium, Santry, tomorrow, but there will be no head-to-head with Ireland's current middle distance sensation, Geraldine Hendricken.

The Carlow woman who has had a string of new career best times over 800m and 1,500m to-date this season finally admitted last evening that she was very doubtful as a result of a pulled muscle sustained in training early in the week. On Saturday, she blazed to a spectacular win over a star-studded field in the women’s 1,500m at Cork City Sports. Then, on Sunday, she ran two races - 1,500m and 3,000m - for her club, St. Laurence O’Toole’s, in the Mazda Premier League.

“I have had a lot of racing,” she admitted yesterday. “There was always the danger something like this would happen but this is just bad timing.