Annalise Murphy was sick with joy as she celebrated winning Olympic silver in Rio today.
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It’s incredible to come here today and get a silver medal after four years ago when I was fourth and completely heartbroken.
It was the second silver of the Games, made more special still because Murphy lost out on a podium finish by one place in London.
Denmark’s Anne-Marie Rindom won bronze, while Britain’s Alison Young was eighth after winning Tuesday’s race. In the last race I was able to put everything together really well.
A typical day’s training for Annalise can vary anywhere from a full day’s cycle around the Dublin Mountains, strength and conditioning workouts and naturally, on the water sessions in her home club of the National Yacht Club.
He said: “To become the first Irish female to win an Olympic medal in sailing and Ireland’s first medal in sailing since 1980 is magnificent for Annalise, Team Ireland and the country”.
“I just went out today knowing that I couldn’t treat it any different from any other race I’ve done this week”.
“Annalise Murphy has travelled the long and hard road to the Olympics, has faced the world’s best athletes in her sport and has now reaped the rewards of her many years of preparation and hard work”.
“I was just going to attack it and not be afraid of losing because that’s what happened four years ago”.
“I was afraid of losing rather than trying to win so I went and attacked the race”.
“Rory (Fitzpatrick), my coach”, Murphy said, when asked who she thinks about at a time like this.
While that, paired with her sensational success and determination, may come across incredibly daunting, Annalise is actually pretty sound at the end of the day.
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“I don’t know whether to laugh or cry”.
