'A few weeks ago I wasn't sure that I'd make it to the start line,' said world champion Irish para rower O'Brien
It is only a few weeks since Katie O'Brien feared that she wouldn't make it to the start line in her first Paralympics.
"I just think that perspective is really an amazing thing," said the 28-year-old, speaking in Milan at the end of an intense training camp before heading to Paris on Sunday. O'Brien, who has spina bifida, says that her back is "holding up" thanks to the physio she has received that enabled her to gain back the movement she needed to training and a regime that, in Milan, saw her go straight to bed in between sessions."I guess just getting to a position of just getting to a level of pain that's compatible with training," said the Galwegian.
It came down to training and race times over the last 12 months, and a final trial when they went head to head. "He dragged me through so many sessions - he was supposed to be my competitor but he was such an ally the whole way through training.
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