Sonia O’Sullivan’s daughter holds off challenge from Sarah Healy as Ireland earn a brilliant 1-2 in Espoo, Finland
Down the backstretch Healy made her first telling move, O’Sullivan now right on her heels, and biding her time, she kicked coming off the crown of the last bend, storming home from there in a new personal best of 4:07.18.
These Championships didn’t exist when Sonia O’Sullivan was at the grade, which neatly presented her daughter Sophie with the rare chance to win something her mother never did. Earlier, Abdel Laadjel was just outside the medals in the 10,000m, fourth in a race which was filled with Europe’s finest up and coming endurance stars.
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