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Sonia O'Sullivan will Receive Australian Nationality
The Press Association reports that Sonia
O'Sullivan, the former Olympic 5,000m silver medallist plans to bid for a team place over that distance by contesting the Australian trials which take place in just over a
fortnight. O'Sullivan will receive dual citizenship at a Australian nationality at a ceremony in Melbourne tomorrow and has confirmed she wants to compete for her new country at the Commonwealth Games in March.
O'Sullivan has two young children and lives in a second home in Melbourne with their father and her coach Nic Bideau.
O'Sullivan stated "'Let's remember I am Irish and they don't come and compete in the Commonwealth Games but with dual nationality I can now do so. It's a simple thing really.'" However, she said she would never compete against Ireland where she was born and bred.
She plans to run for Australia at the European Championships in the summer and then continue preparations for the Commonwealth Games where the track and field program will take place at the MCG from March 19-26.
