Atlanta revisited for sad Sonia

SONIA O’SULLIVAN spent yesterday in the company of her daughters, Ciara and Sophie as she tried to come to terms with her disastrous performance in the final of the women’s 5,000m at the World Championships in Paris.

“It happened and she just does not know why it happened,” her father, John, said. “She looked so good on Tuesday evening and she said she trained well all week.

“Unfortunately, it just did not happen for her on the night.