Kate O’Connor discusses her World Athletics Championships silver medal in Part Two of her look back over an incredible 2025.
The Newry-born heptathlete finishes her conversation with Sport NI Athlete Stories host, Hugh Campbell, by detailing the turbulent circumstances around her biggest medal to date.
After having already won three medals, Kate was in contention for her fourth of the year, only to be hit with a knee injury during the Long Jump on day one of the Heptathlon.
The Sport NI Sports Institute athlete shares about how she dealt with the injury, what went into her being able to not only finish the competition but continue to break her PBs and claim a World silver medal.
Some of highlights include modifying her javelin approach in just a matter of hours, how she dealt with the final event of the 800m with a medal up for grabs and the emotions she contended with during and after the event concluded.
Kate is back in action this weekend in the Women’s Pentathlon at the World Indoor Athletics Championships where last year she won silver. This year, she will be up against USA athlete Anna Hall who won gold at the World Outdoor Championships.
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