Olympic dream parked for now as Christina Desmond prepares for frontline return

For someone who is used to juggling life as an amateur boxer and a member of An Garda Síochána, the fortnight’s pause was an unwelcome adjustment for the Cill na Martra native.

Christina Desmond: Hammering away at the punch bag in the shed. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Christina Desmond finished her two weeks of quarantine on Tuesday.