Annalise Murphy: ‘A lot of sailing people said Rio wouldn’t suit me’

Great expectations would have hindered Annalise Murphy as the sailor left for Rio, of that she is now certain.

She returned home yesterday afternoon to Dublin Airport, however, an Olympic silver medallist.

Devastated by a fourth-place finish in the Laser Radial at London 2012, the Rathfarnham native ventured to Brazil shy of confidence.