'I don't quite do that to my full potential': Walshe keen to match competition level to training standard

Everything, Ellen Walshe believes, will come down to how she approaches her races in her mind.

Swimmer Ellen Walshe: 'I feel like I train to a level that I don't quite race at. It'd be nice to put it all together at the same moment.' Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Disappointment often lingers longer than success for elite athletes. It's part of the deal when you mix it at sport's top end.

So it proved for Ellen Walshe last December, when she won her first senior international gold medal at the European Short Course Championships.