For Bandon bullet Phil Healy, the stakes have never been higher

Ireland’s Phil Healy celebrates winning the heat

To win a medal, it will require Phil Healy to go somewhere she has never been. Quite simply, it will require the 26-year-old to run the race of her life.

Looking at the line-up for this evening’s European Indoor 400m final in Torun, Poland, it seems clear which way the race will play out over the first lap, but it’s anyone’s guess what will go down thereafter.