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Marcus O'Sullivan

Still Running

By Paul Gains, Contributor
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Eamonn Coughlan finishes first in the 1500m at the World Track & Field Championships in Helsinki in 1983.

Eamonn Coughlan, Ray Flynn and Marcus O'Sullivan dominated middle-distance running in the eighties and early nineties. Paul Gains catches up with the three runners today. ℘℘℘ The images remain even if the passing of two decades has dulled them somewhat -- a trio of Irish middle-distance runners racing to victory against the best competition in the world. Before sold-out crowds … [Read more...] about Still Running

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