Cullen to race at Irish Indoors

BBC Sport Monday 14th February, 2011

Mary Cullen's battle with Fionnuala Britton is likely to be one of the best duels at this weekend's Irish Indoor Championships in Belfast.2009 European indoor bronze medallist Cullen is on the comeback trail after missing the European Cross Country in December because of injury. Already this month, Cullen has clocked 8:56.98 for 3K indoors while Britton ran 9:00.81 in the same race in France. Britton is still hoping to better the European Indoor standard of 9:00.00. Cullen, 26, has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons and her most recent setback was suffering a broken collarbone after falling off her bike while training in early November. But the Sligo woman is now raring to go as she prepares for her first outing at the Odyssey Arena, in the eighth staging of the championships at th...

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