Ireland's Mona McSharry celebrates with her three gold medals after the European Under 23 Swimming Championships. “For me, I thought that wasn’t going to be an issue. Despite the Abu Dhabi success, her mindset had changed: “I really wasn’t that happy, which doesn’t make sense. Photograph: Evan Treacy/Inpho“I mean that’s all I do, especially in the summer when I don’t have classes, I’m going to the pool, I’m swimming, I’m fuelling because of training, I’m sleeping because of training, everything is kind of mapped out for swimming. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho“I don’t exactly know what I did to change it, but it changed and, so, I had a really great training season that season.

Source: The Irish Times January 21, 2024 17:39 UTC