Radcliffe main threat to O'Sullivan's 5,000m crown

By Brendan Mooney, Munich Sonia declares she is fully recovered from her silver medal 10,000m run

SONIA O'SULLIVAN made the familiar trip to the European championships podium at the Olympic Stadium in Munich last evening to collect her silver medal from the 10,000m the previous night and afterwards declared herself fully recovered from that assignment and ready to resume her campaign in defence of her 5,000m title tonight.

And it must be admitted that her chances of retaining the 5,000m title she won in Budapest four years ago were greatly enhanced yesterday when the Olympic champion Gabriela Szabo was not included in the final declarations.