Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan will receive Australian nationality at a ceremony in Melbourne tomorrow and has confirmed that she is hoping to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games.
The Cobh native will now take part in the Australian trials and has her sights set on competing in the 5000m at the Games in March.
"I have finally got my nationality sorted out but I will not really believe it until I've got the certificate in in my hand," O'Sullivan said.
"Let's remember I am Irish and they don't come and compete in the Commonwealth Games but with dual nationality I can now do so. It's a simple thing really."
However, the former Olympic 5,000m silver medalist revealed that she also plans to represent Ireland at the European Championships.
"No matter what championship it might be, I would never compete against Ireland. That is the country where I was born and bred. But this is an exception.
"I plan running for them at the European Championships in the summer," added the 1998 champion over both 5,000 and 10,000 metres.
Now O'Sullivan is looking forward, along with other people granted citizenship, to swearing her allegiance to Australia and receiving her official papers at a public ceremony in Melbourne.
