Time running out for Olympic hopefuls

SOME of Ireland’s Olympic hopefuls have been going through a rough patch in recent days.

World race walking silver medallist Gillian O’Sullivan is battling with a back problem while Cathal Lombard has pulled out of the Golden Gala in Rome tomorrow night after his disappointing run in Gateshead on Sunday, when Mark Carroll and Sonia O’Sullivan also performed below their best.

Lombard heads off to St. Moritz to begin the final leg of his Olympic build-up and Carroll will join him there after running the 5000m in the Golden Gala.