Róisín Ní Riain claims Irish Times/Sports Ireland Sportswoman of the Month award after her five-medal haul at the European Para Swimming Championships
Róisín Ní Riain: back in training now for the Paralympics in Paris following her impressive five-medal haul at European Para Swimming Championships in Portugal. Photograph: Bruce White/InphoRóisín Ní Riain set off for the European Para Swimming Championships last month with high hopes, but she hadn’t quite anticipated having to make room for five medals in her luggage when returning home to Limerick after a week of competition.
“No! I was training in the morning and evening, we’re right back in to it now, so head down again. But yeah, I was delighted to be coming home with a couple of medals . . .”“Yeah, five. It can be difficult coming down from an experience like that, managing all the emotions that come with it, but seeing my friends and getting back in to training helps with all that, getting back in to the routine.”
“It was definitely a hectic schedule, I was swimming six of the seven days. But having done them all, I now have a good idea of what I want to focus on. There’s a bit of decision-making to be done, for sure, but I’m talking with my coaches and seeing what they think I’m capable of and what’s best for me. It was a long week all right, and a very busy schedule.”“I would say the 100 backstroke, that was probably the medal that meant the most to me.
Since then her stock has risen dramatically in her sport, capped by winning gold and silver at the World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester last summer, followed by her form in Portugal, not to mention a 200m backstroke world record along the way. Expectation-wise, then, the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics are worlds apart.
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