Sonia just misses out on world record

SONIA O’Sullivan missed out on a world record by just two seconds when winning yesterday’s Flora Light Challenge For Women in London’s Hyde Park.

The Cobh woman ran the second fastest five-kilometre time ever 14 minutes 56 seconds as she won by three seconds from Benita Johnson of Australia.

In third place was Marta Dominguez, the Spaniard who defeated O'Sullivan for the European 5,000 metre gold medal earlier this month in Munich.