O’Sullivan trying to shake off back injury

GILLIAN O’SULLIVAN has skipped this weekend’s walking extravaganza in Krakow and, instead, is receiving treatment on the lower back problem that has been affecting her technique in recent times.

The world silver medallist was in Limerick yesterday being treated by Johnson McEvoy who will be accompanying the Irish team to Athens in August.

“It’s hard to tell at the moment but I feel it is improving slowly,” she said admitting that it came as a bit of a shock to the system. “You don’t expect to get injured at this time.”