Nadia Power has yet to tot up all the bills, but she estimates her running has cost her €3,000 so far this year. I am hoping to have (funding) in time for outdoors which should pay for (training) camp and my races. Hopefully, in the future, it’ll be significantly more doable.”Last year she didn’t receive any Athletics Ireland funding until September and she is unsure that qualifying for the Olympics will be sufficient to be upgraded to carded athlete status. But as Power was due to take a break from training it didn’t impact on her and the rest gave her an opportunity to catch up on her college work. It allows me to be more flexible and the lecturers are really, really supportive.

Source: Irish Independent March 24, 2021 02:36 UTC