Silver sheen for Sonia as Radcliffe demolishes field

SONIA O’SULLLIVAN raced into the record books again last night, claiming a European silver medal in the process, but could only watch as Paula Radcliffe stole Ingrid Kristiansen’s 16-year-old European 10,000m title.

Adding European gold to the Commonwealth Games title she won less than two weeks ago, Radcliffe ran a sensational 30:01.09.

O'Sullivan smashed the national record with a 30:47.59 run, yet still finished almost 300m behind the