Heroic effort as O’Sullivan walks tall

THE women’s 20k walk will surely prove to be one of the highlights of this world championships in Paris.

Heroic effort as O’Sullivan walks tall

Yelena Nikolayeva arguably the most successful woman walker in history had to produce a championship best performance to beat Ireland's Gillian O'Sullivan, to add the elusive world title to the Olympic title which she won in Atlanta.

The 37-year-old Russian won in 1:26:52 in blistering heat as the Irishwoman who celebrated her 27th birthday here on Thursday coasted home in 1:27:34, ahead of the Belarussian Valentina Tsybulskaya, who set a new national record at 1:28:10.

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