The 24-year-old is ranked second in the pentathlon going into the event in the Netherlands
Ireland’s Kate O’Connor is ranked second going into the pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships in the Netherlands. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inphois talking through the challenges of competing in five events all in the one day – running, hurdling, jumping, throwing, etc – and admits it’s less about the physical toll, and more about the emotional challenges in between.
“I have a mindset, and maybe it’s a multi-event mindset, that so many things can happen,” says O’Connor, her event set for Sunday. “There’s five chances for things to go well and five chances for things to not go well.Alarm bells are ringing about GAA hooters - good thing there’s an easy solutionWho is Clayton McMillan and what can Munster fans expect from new coach?
She may have preferred the heptathlon before, given it includes the javelin, one of her specialist events, but she is fast warming to the pentathlon, the “go-go-go” process leaving a little less time to think. “But then if you run the hurdles, and it goes amazingly, you’re on this real high. Then you’ve got to settle down and compete in the high jump. The high jump mightn’t go well and then you’re on a low. You’ve got to pick yourself back up then and go to the shot put. It can be very up-and-down which is really draining.
Born in Newry, O’Connor first took to the multi-events at school at St Gerard’s in Dundalk, coached by her father Michael, who still oversees much of her training along with Tom Reynolds. She’s currently dividing her time between home and Belfast, where she’s completing a master’s in Communications and Public Relations at Ulster University.
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