O’Sullivan and Carroll out to prove doubters wrong

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Mark Carroll hope to show the Irish Sports Council they are not ready for the scrap heap as they take on a star-studded field in today’s Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

The pair, who have spearheaded Ireland’s Olympic, world and European challenges for so long, had the dubious distinction of topping the list of international athletes who got the chop when the grants under the Carding Scheme were released recently.

O’Sullivan, a former world and European champion and Olympic silver-medallist, has appealed against the shock decision, but Carroll insists he won’t grovel.