'You had to face your demons' - racewalker Kate Veale on the rocky road to Paris

The Waterford native is aiming to at last line out for her country at the Olympics this summer.

Kate Veale pictured at an event for the the Jerry Kiernan Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting aspiring Irish athletes, which has named 12 athletes who will benefit from funding in excess of €30,000 in 2024. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

The finish line at Antalya. An indiscriminate piece of road in the southern Turkish city that preoccupies Kate Veale. A piece of road with the potential to prove career defining.

The finish line at Antalya seems almost irrelevant. Listen to Kate Veale’s story and you marvel at her presence for Sunday morning’s starting pistol.