 O'Sullivan won world titles in 1998 |
Olympic silver medallist Sonia O'Sullivan has said she will compete in next month's European Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh. O'Sullivan, the winner of last month's Great South Run, is back at her Australian winter training base but will travel to Scotland for the race on 14 December.
Although O'Sullivan has won both the long-course and short-course events at past World Cross Country Championships, this will be her first time to compete at the Europeans.
O'Sullivan has been in good form in a series of road races, recently winning one of Australia's top 5km races by 20 seconds.
"It was Sonia's third straight victory on the roads and enough to convince her to focus her next month's training on the European cross country," said her partner and agent Nick Bideau.
After the European Championships, the 34-year-old will then focus her training on next year's Olympic Games in Athens.
O'Sullivan's decision, and that of inaugural European champion Catherina McKiernan, to run in Scotland boosts Ireland's chances of both individual and team medals.
McKiernan, who has struggled with injury over the past number of years, finished second at the recent Belgium Cross Country Cup in Ghent.
The full Irish team will be decided after the National Intercounty Cross Country Championships in Mullingar on 30 November.
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