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Sisters Fionnuala McCormack & Una Britton Thrilled To Share Podium At National Cross Country

24 November 2019; Fionnuala McCormack, right, congratulates her sister Una Britton, both of Kilcoole A.C., Co. Wicklow, after winning gold and bronze medals in the Senior Women event during the Irish Life Health National Senior, Junior & Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships at the National Sports Campus Abbotstown in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
Gary Connaughton
By Gary Connaughton
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Fionnuala McCormack has won her ninth National Cross Country Championship this afternoon, but this one was made all the more special by the fact she would share the podium with her sister.

Una Britton medaled for the first time in the event, coming in third place behind Portlaoise AC's Mary Mulhare.

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Speaking to Athletics Ireland after race, McCormack said she was keeping a close eye on her sister after finishing her own race.

I could hear the commentary but I could also hear family and friends telling me she was chasing me home, so I had go out and make sure that she was...

It's a great day for our family and our club as well.

Una Britton was thrilled to earn a medal, saying that it adds to the thrill she gets from just taking part in the sport.

I love running. I've loved it all the time, whether I was coming last or getting lapped, or now when you're at the good end of it. I think if you love it you'll stay with it.

Sometimes it pays off in medals, other times it just pays off in the craic you have.

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