Sonia O’Sullivan: I don’t go around with a badge saying ‘I’m an Olympian’

"I wouldn’t tell them what I’ve done, I would just say, ‘My name is Sonia’"

Sonia O’Sullivan is pictured at St. Stephen’s Green Park in 2016. 

Sonia O’Sullivan is coming down the home straight again, just seven more days left as a 50-year-old before the calendar resets itself.

Life as a quinquagenarian looks a lot different for the Cobh native whose two daughters, Ciara and Sophie, have flown the nest, often leaving the former world champion at home on her own in Melbourne.