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9th August 2021
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She went on: "People might say, 'that's a pressure' and you might feel you have a big weight on your shoulders but I actually really didn't. I knew no matter what happened out here, whether it was gold, silver or whatever, I knew I'd made myself proud and I know I'm making the people of Ireland proud regardless of the colour of the medal.
"Just being here and putting our little nation on the map, this is the stuff of dreams."
Harrington, a frontline worker who worked tirelessly on the wards during the height of the Covid pandemic, has since said that she plans to return to Fairview's St Vincent’s Hospital in a few weeks.
“I’m an Olympic champion, but it doesn’t define me as a person," she told the Independent. "I’ll be home, I’d say it will be a bit mental, but I will be going back to work, either in two weeks or three weeks."Explore more on these topics: