SHE WAS ALWAYS more interested in silver and gold throughout her glittering atheltics career, but today Sonia O’Sullivan was immortalised in bronze.
The Cobh native was honoured in her hometown as a new statue was unveiled today.
The statue was commissioned by Cobh Tourism and created by local sculptor James McLoughlin.
What do you make of it?
And here it is: the bronze statue of Sonia O'Sullivan in her hometown pic.twitter.com/DICwkjCOJ7— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) September 20, 2015
And here it is: the bronze statue of Sonia O'Sullivan in her hometown pic.twitter.com/DICwkjCOJ7
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This is the statue of Sonia O'Sullivan that was unveiled in Cobh today
SHE WAS ALWAYS more interested in silver and gold throughout her glittering atheltics career, but today Sonia O’Sullivan was immortalised in bronze.
The Cobh native was honoured in her hometown as a new statue was unveiled today.
The statue was commissioned by Cobh Tourism and created by local sculptor James McLoughlin.
What do you make of it?
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