Hendricken tackles the best in the 1,500m at Monaco

GERALDINE HENDRICKEN will face the most exciting assignment of her career to date when she lines up for the women's 1,500m race at the Hercules Golden League meeting in Monaco tomorrow night.

The 32-year-old Carlow woman whose career took on a whole new dimension this year missed last weekend’s national championships and an 800m engagement with Sonia O'Sullivan after pulling a calf muscle in training early in the week.

She had just come off a big win at the Bupa Ireland Cork City Sports where she beat a star-studded field in the 1,500m and then, the following day, she ran a 1,500m and 3,000m for her club, St. Laurence O’Tooles, in the Mazda national league.