Healy ending season early to get body ready for next year

Phil Healy is finishing her season earlier than planned to allow her body to recover and prepare for a big year next year. 

ENDING SEASON EARLY: Phil Healy has announced that she is ending her season earlier than planned to help her body recover and prepare for a big year next year. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Irish sprinter Phil Healy has announced that she is ending her season earlier than planned to help her body to recover and get ready for a big year next year ahead of the Olympics in Paris. Healy said it had been a very tough 16 months with the diagnosis of her Autoimmune Disease. 

In a statement on social media, Healy said that she was giving an 'honest and transparent explanation' of what has been happening over the last number of months.