Davenport in top condition for 10,000

MARIE DAVENPORT will have the rare experience of going to the line in a healthy state for a major championship when she goes in the final of the women’s 10,000m at the Olympic Stadium tonight.

The 29-year-old Clare woman has had a phenomenal season to date thanks to careful planning and now she hopes to take it with her to the line in the Olympic Stadium. She qualified for the Olympics back in early May at Stanford where she posted the 17th fastest time in the world this year at 31:28.78 and if she can reproduce that tonight then she will not be too far away from the front line.

“Apart from one blip I can’t complain,” she said referring to the national championships in Dublin. “I have run 15:08 for 5,000m and 4:12 for 1,500m ­ all personal bests ­ so I am hoping that I can maintain that.