Success costly for Irish ice queen Clara
Dublin’s Clara Peters advanced from the free skating preliminary round at Nice’s Palais des Expositions to secure a spot alongside the planet’s top 30 competitors this afternoon. But progression is set to leave a sizeable dent in her finances.
“I receive no funding whatsoever. Because I have made it into the top 30 in the worlds, my coach and I have had to book extra accommodation and have had to change our airline tickets. So making the next stage of the worlds could cost us a couple of thousand euro.