Vision becomes reality for Molly Scott's quantum leap

Molly Scott celebrates taking gold and a new national record of 7:16 in a re-run of the race

At the start of the year, Molly Scott cut out three paper digits, brushed across them in gold paint, then sellotaped them to the back of her phone. That’s where they sat, beneath a transparent cover, so she and everyone else could see the number she was trying to manifest into reality: 7.19.

At the time, the Carlow sprinter had a 60-metre personal best of 7.32 seconds, while the fastest time in history by an Irishwoman was Amy Foster’s 7.27. Getting to 7.19 from where Scott was would require the kind of quantum leap that few could truly see coming. But to her it made sense.