Recovered O’Sullivan to take on Radcliffe in Hyde Park

FORGET Paris and last Sunday’s race in Richmond, Sonia O’Sullivan is ready to go head to head with Paula Radcliffe and the double Olympic champion, Derartu Tulu, in Hyde Park next Sunday.

Her partner, Nic Bideau, revealed yesterday that Sonia was sick on the day of the 5,000m final at the world championships but put it down to nerves. That night and for two days previously she was very sick and did not get back to serious training until last Thursday.

On Sunday she finished second to Radcliffe in the Richmond 10k in London but did not take the race seriously. It will be different, however, in Hyde Park where she set a course record last year.