Ireland's Rose-Anne Galligan beat Sonia O'Sullivan's 19-year-old 800 metre national record last night at the Diamond League meeting in London.

Galligan finished finished in sixth place in a top quality field at the 2012 Olympic stadium and her time of 2 minutes 0.58 seconds saw her take just over a tenth of a second off the time set by O'Sullivan in St Petersburg in 1994.

Galligan will now travel home to compete in this weekend's Woodies DIY National Senior Track and Field Championships in Morton Stadium.

The women's 400 metre hurdles will be the opening race of the afternoon in Santry, while the men's and women's 4x100 metre relays will round-off the action on the track.

Meanwhile, Irish athletes Orla Barry and Deirdre Mongan are both in action this afternoon at the IPC World Athletics Championships in Lyon.

Image: Rose-Anne Galligan runs in the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships earlier this year
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