O’Sullivan and McKiernan set to battle it out again

SONIA O’SULLIVAN and Catherina McKiernan renew rivalry in the Phoenix Park tomorrow morning in the Great BUPA Ireland Run which has attracted 3,000 entries and teams from seven nations.

Last year, O’Sullivan was a decisive winner when McKiernan was just returning to top flight running and a couple of months later they joined forces to help the Irish team to the silver medals at the European cross-country championships in Edinburgh.

McKiernan was disappointed with her performance at the recent world cross-country championships in Brussels where she did do justice to her herself and she could be about to turn the tables on O’Sullivan tomorrow and boost her confidence in advance of her bid for an Olympic qualifying standard at 10,000m.