Fionnuala McCormack comes up with lifetime best for respectable position in women’s marathon

Fionnuala McCormack produced the best marathon performance of her life in finishing 20th in the Olympic Games marathon, as Kenya’s Jemima Sumgong took gold, writes Will Downing.

McCormack’s time of two hours, 31 minutes, 22 seconds - in what was only her third ever marathon- took 24 seconds off her lifetime best set earlier this year.