Kate O'Connor
World outdoor silver medallist in the heptathlon and competitor in the Commonwealth Games.
Notable Quotes
"It just kept slipping out of my hands."View Story →
"It's pretty special."View Story →
"This is really stiff competition and I let myself down again in the shot put, so I had to put my head down and work really hard out there [in the 200m]."View Story →
"I'm really happy with that time and put myself somewhat back on track, but it's a little bit mixed emotions for me as I have been putting in a lot of hard work and maybe I haven't been able to fully show that."View Story →
"After Glasgow, I think I lost a bit of confidence in myself [in the shot put] which is silly because I know I'm a 14-metre thrower and know I can throw 15 metres, but I'm not really trusting my positions."View Story →
"It's very hard to put seven perfect performances together. I've done three pretty perfect ones and one pretty bad one, so I hopefully tomorrow I will come back and do three great ones."View Story →
"It was so up and down"View Story →
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