Gallant Gill breaks record but misses out on bronze

GILLIAN O’SULLIVAN took Irish walking to a fresh high at the European Championships in Munich yesterday.

The Killarney woman had the 20km walk bronze medal snatched from her by Italian Erica Alfrida with the finish almost in sight but managed to set an Irish record of 1:28.46.

In world terms it was a sensational improvement on her 10th placing in the Sydney Olympics with just a couple of the top performers in the world now operating outside of Europe.