The Tokyo bronze medallist said: 'We've only qualified the boat and we've yet to put names on seats, yet my family have bought tickets, my friends have bought tickets, there's group chats being created and I'm like, OK!'
Fiona Murtagh won bronze in Tokyo and helped qualify a boat for Paris - but her Olympic hopes will rest on her performance in Irish rowing's March trials.
READ MORE:Tokyo medal star Aifric Keogh bidding to be a two-time Olympian after dispelling retirement thoughts Paul and Gary O'Donovan were expected to stay together as a lightweight double crew after winning Olympic silver in Rio.In a similar vein, many expected the women's four - Murtagh, Keogh, Eimear Lambe and Emily Hegarty - to remain in place for Paris."When the tickets went on sale a year ago, a lot of people even bought tickets for the fours event and a year later, I could be potentially racing as a pair.
"It's just about looking after yourself and when the opportunities arise, you have to be ready to pop into whatever seems like the best.
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