Maria a last gasp runner for Athens

IN a dramatic move last evening the Olympic Council of Ireland added Dubliner Maria McCambridge to the Irish team for the Olympic Games.

Maria a last gasp runner for Athens

She will join the Sydney silver medallist, Sonia O'Sullivan, in the women's 5,000m in Athens.

Her inclusion followed a personal appeal to IOC President Pat Hickey yesterday just days after he had insisted there would be no more additions to the team.

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