Sonia sharpens up in 1500m

SONIA O’SULLIVAN will take her Olympic build-up to a new level when she lines up for the 1,500 metres at Gateshead on Sunday before returning to The Mardyke for the BUPA Cork City Sports the following Saturday and her final 5,000m race before Athens.

She should have had a 1,500m race at the BMC meet in Watford the weekend before last but felt unwell during the week and eventually withhdrew.

“She trained really well on Saturday,” revealed Nic Bideau yesterday. “And she had a pretty good week last week.