REFLECTIONS
Fiona Murtagh
IRELAND
EVENT W4-
PLACING BRONZE
We did six weeks in Italy before the Olympics and the training went well. I was happy with everything and excited to go. After all the talk I don’t think I believed the Olympics was really happening until I stepped off the plane.
We did a four-day holding camp in Japan just outside Tokyo. It was a nice transition to get over the jetlag. We’d done a bit of jetlag preparation in Italy, but it still floored me. I was surprised how hard the jetlag hit. The holding camp was lovely though and the Japanese people were so welcoming. I also met a lot of other Team Ireland athletes.