Athletics: Sarah Lavin smashes lifetime best in Bern

In the 1000m, European U-23 1500m champion Sophie O’Sullivan produced another fine run to finish fourth in 2:37.08, going third on the Irish all-time list behind Ciara Mageean (2:31.06) and Sophie’s mother, Sonia, who ran 2:34.66 in 1993.

LIFETIME BEST: Sarah Lavin produced another scintillating run to smash her personal best at the Citius meeting in Bern, Switzerland tonight, the 29-year-old Limerick athlete finishing fifth in the 100m hurdles in 12.67. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Sarah Lavin produced another scintillating run to smash her personal best at the Citius meeting in Bern, Switzerland tonight, the 29-year-old Limerick athlete finishing fifth in the 100m hurdles in 12.67. 

That was just off Derval O’Rourke’s Irish record of 12.65, which the Corkwoman ran to win silver at the Europeans in Barcelona in 2010.