Kate O'Connor secures World Indoor bronze in Torun

Only two Irish athletes, Sonia O'Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan, have won more individual global medals at senior championships than O'Connor and, at 25, there could be many more yet to come.

Kate O'Connor of Ireland celebrates winning bronze. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

By now it’s become habitual, but that shouldn’t diminish the scale of what Kate O’Connor is achieving. 

At the World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, the 25-year-old Dundalk athlete claimed another multi-events medal for Ireland on the global stage, winning bronze in the women’s pentathlon.