‘My first day back at work after the All-Ireland I thought, ‘Oh my God, it’s all over, and I just want to go back’
In elite sports, the transition from thundering stadiums and euphoric wins to ordinary life can be traumatic
Annalise Murphy
Annalise Murphy: ‘I will always look back at the Tokyo Olympics and be disappointed in my performance there’
Olympic silver medalist on learning from disappointments, a childhood of sailing events and why west Cork is her favourite place to be on the water
‘It nearly haunted me’: Annalise Murphy, Eoin Rheinisch and Seán Drea on Olympics fourths
In the Olympics, a stopwatch or a points tally will measure the distance between third and fourth, but that is a convenient lie: the distance between them is infinite
Ireland setting sail for France with realistic hopes of returning with Olympic medals
Irish Sailing has already succeeded in its target of qualifying three boat classes for Marseille, the sailing venue for next month’s Paris Olympics
Annalise Murphy: ‘I need money to live, but I know it will never buy me happiness’
‘After so many years in sport, I know nothing is a given,’ says the Olympic medallist
More highlights than lowlights: A year in review with four voices of Irish women’s sport
Malachy Clerkin sits down with Annalise Murphy, Vikki Wall, Marie Crowe and Sarah Keane
From Rachael Blackmore to Steve Bruce: The best soundbites of 2021
Some words of wisdom – and some not so wise – from the world of sport
The biggest stories of 2021 belonged to sportswomen
Avalanche of firsts and emergence of stars a sign of shifting landscape in Irish sport
Tokyo 2020: Race win not enough to steer Dickson and Waddilove into final
Sailing pair make superb comeback after two disqualifications
Howth sailor Eve McMahon secures Youth World Championship in Italy
17-year-old wins ILCA 6 title to keep up brilliant summer of success
It’s been an emotional rollercoaster watching the Olympics from the couch
Everybody in life needs an older sibling who’ll instruct you to ‘wind your neck in’
Saskia Tidey on cusp of Olympic medal but not for her native Ireland
She joined Team GB to find ‘another girl who had the experience to sail with me’
Tokyo 2020: Dickson and Waddilove take rough with the smooth to stay in top-10 hunt
Irish duo can’t repeat Tuesday’s heroics but are in good form at Olympic sailing regatta
Tokyo 2020: Dickson and Waddilove enjoy dream start to win opening 49er race
Duo keeping the pressure off themselves by treating Olympics like any other regatta
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