Watch: Sophie O’Sullivan falls over the finishing line as she seals qualifying spot in World Athletics Championships

Ireland's Sophie O'Sullivan and Australia's Sarah Billings, left, embrace after finishing a women's 1,500 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

For Sarah Healy it was never in doubt, the Dubliner coasting into the 1500m semi-finals at the World Championships in Tokyo at her absolute ease.

Yet it was the opposite story for her Irish teammate Sophie O’Sullivan, with the NCAA champion pulling out a theatrical dive across the finish line to grab the last qualifying spot from her heat.

The duo’s performances lifted the Irish spirits on the opening day of action at the Japan National Stadium, following the failure of the Irish m

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