Olympic hopeful Kate O’Connor on her gruelling seven-event sport: ‘It’s so tough on a woman’s body’
By Laura Slattery••The Irish Times
The Dundalk heptathlon star loved ‘running around like a headless chicken’ at youth competitions. Now she’s aiming to reach the top of the podium this summer
Sunlight streams on to Kate OConnor early on a Monday, otherwise known as shot-put day in the training life of Irelands new star of track and field. The serial medal-winner in heptathlon and pentathl…