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Leading the way

When a seven-year-old girl lines up for her first race and tells mum she will never be as good as her, the parent knows she has reached a lifetime watershed. That�s how it was recently for Yvonne Murray-Mooney, the former European, World and Commonwealth champion.

When a seven-year-old girl lines up for her first race and tells mum she will never be as good as her, the parent knows she has reached a lifetime watershed. That's how it was recently for Yvonne Murray-Mooney, the former European, World and Commonwealth champion.