Bideau "In truth, she should not have run at all"

It was far from the ending to her fifth Olympic final that Sonia O'Sullivan had dreamt of, but, having been burned off the pace after 2-and-a-half laps of tonight's 5000m final, the Cobh athlete was still thankful for the experience.

"I really don't have a lot to say," said the multi-Irish record holder, "I didn't run very well. It just wasn't there tonight."