Olympic rower Sanita Puspure: ‘Your legs are throbbing. Your head is banging. You name it, you have it’

Sanita Puspure achieves a rare feat in Irish rowing by competing in her second Olympics today. Having been Ireland’s only rowing representative last time around, when she placed 13th overall, Puspure is one of three crews to progress to Rio.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016 - 01:00

Stephen Barry

Q: As a returning Olympian, what lessons from 2012 do you take to Rio?

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