Gillian O'Sullivan's moment in time still endures 

Twenty years on, she remains part of an exclusive club of only five Irish athletes - Eamonn Coghlan, Sonia, Olive Loughnane, and Rob Heffernan the other four - to podium at a World Championship

STERLING EFFORT: Gillian O'Sullivan celebrates after winning her silver medal in the Women's 20K Walk final at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Followers of Cork football will be familiar with the Lissivigeen roundabout. On the pilgrimage to Killarney for Munster final Sundays, the roundabout is one of the last traffic pinch points as you creep towards Fitzgerald Stadium.

It’s where the N22 meets the N72. It’s where, with the finish line in sight, the snaking line of cars crawling from Rathmore and Ballyvourney directions collide to a standstill.