Michelle Finn: 'I’m actually getting faster so I’m not retiring'

Cork athlete Finn carved a whopping nine seconds off her best in the 3000m steeplechase in June and won her first National Cross Country Championships last month

Team Ireland athlete Michelle Finn at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin ahead of the Spar European Cross Country Championships which take place at the venue on Sunday, December 12th. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Back in 2019, as Michelle Finn grinded through the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics, she’d often tell herself she was “absolutely retiring” once it was behind her.

But after the Games got pushed back, with Finn laying down another 12 months of consistent mileage, of steady development, she had a change of heart. The reason was simple. “I’m actually getting faster,” she says. “So I’m not retiring.”