Cathal Dennehy: Flying high: Where potential and principles collide
You might not agree with Innes FitzGerald, but it’s hard not to admire a trait that’s increasingly rare at the elite level of sport: a willingness to sacrifice her own accomplishments for a greater good
BRIGHTEST PROSPECT: Innes Fitzgerald celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the U20 women race at the European Cross Country Championships in. Pic: JILL DELSAUX / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP
The race is 6km. The journey to Belgrade is over 2,000km. But rather than flying with her teammates to this weekend’s World Cross Country Championships, shooting across the skies in a couple of hours, Innes FitzGerald will go by land – a trip that will take a couple of days and involve no planes, but some trains and automobiles.
Madness? Perhaps. But the 17-year-old Brit sees method in it.
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