It’s just over four months until Kate O’Connor plans to step back into the athletics arena. After winning her fifth successive medal at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday, the lofty goal she has now set herself is to win two more in quick succession. First up will be the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at … Read more
It’s one measure of how far and fast Kate O’Connor has ascended the global athletics stage that she can battle her way to the bronze medal in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships, yet still harbour some feelings of regret. It’s another measure entirely that O’Connor did it without being at her absolute best. … Read more
A massive effort by Kate O’Connor in the shot put has reinforced her bronze medal position after three pentathlon events on the final day of the World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland. O’Connor delighted herself with her opening throw of 14.59m, before setting a new personal best with her second throw of 14.65m. That briefly … Read more
The Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena sits on the edge of the old walled town of Torun, still one of Poland’s most majestic sites along the Vistula River. Here, for the next three days, many of the world’s biggest stars will battle it out for medals at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Sometimes, this event is served up … Read more
A handy weekend for Kate O’Connor by her own multi-event standards, and still she was able to break new ground with her now irrepressibly competitive style. Two new lifetime bests of immense quality, and she’s only just getting started again. In her first appearance of 2026, O’Connor took on two individual events at the National … Read more
Given the fact Sophie O’Sullivan can count on one finger the number of times she had raced indoors before going to college in the US, it’s clearly not her preferred running arena. It also makes for a different challenge, physically and mentally. “I think it was the Irish Nationals maybe, I definitely ran one race … Read more