New York ballerina helped Molly Scott through rare injury

There have been dark, dark days over the past year as Scott managed her comeback, trying to keep the blinkers on and not get distracted by those faring better

ON THE BLOCKS: Molly Scott of St Laurence O'Toole AC, Carlow, stands for a portrait during the 123.ie National Senior Track and Field Championships media day at Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Warren Buffett used to say it takes 20 years to build a reputation, and five minutes to ruin it. The US business mogul wasn’t talking about sprinting, but the principle still applies in a career where years of fastidious toil can fall to pieces in seconds.

In July last year, Molly Scott was doing one of her final sessions before the World Championships in Oregon, where she was due to compete in the 4x100m relay, when she felt a sharp, sudden pain in her lower leg. She’d torn her posterior tibial tendon.