Phil Healy: ‘I take the whole thing, put it back into my sessions and go out there and not give up until the very end’

Two years ago, Phil Healy shot to fame when a video of her comeback on the final leg of a 4x400m at the Irish University Championships went viral around the world. 

Since then the Bandon sprinter has made giant strides, clocking a world-leading 52.08 for 400m in Vienna last month, which saw her named European Athlete of the Month for January.

The 23-year-old will be a star attraction at this weekend’s National Indoor Championships in Abbotstown, her final race before next month’s World Indoors in Birmingham.