Nadia Power looks to get back on track after 'worst race of the season'

Following her superb indoor season, Nadia Power is well within the qualification cut-off on world rankings for the women’s 800m

Nadia Power: 'There are a lot of good people out there and they know your story and want to help. I really appreciate that'. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Support comes in many forms and for Nadia Power, one of the more unusual ways was a recent offer of free Covid-19 testing by a Dublin laboratory. The life of an elite athlete these days is both complicated and – for those like Power, who don’t get substantial funding – expensive, with each pre- and post-travel PCR test costing about €130.

The 23-year-old Dubliner reckons she spent €3,000 traversing Europe this year in a bid to boost her Olympic qualification chances, which she did, breaking the Irish indoor 800m record in Vienna and then again in Torun, Poland.