Back up off the canvas: How Gráinne Walsh defied a litany of injuries and setbacks to fulfil Olympic dream
Broken thumbs and toes haven't stopped Tullamore boxer who now believes that, on her best day, nobody will beat her
Gráinne Walsh. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile
Gráinne Walsh had sunk to her knees before the PA announcer finished delivering the result of bout 522 at last month’s Olympic boxing qualification tournament.
Her guttural-like roar echoed around Bangkok’s Indoor Stadium. Twelve years after she first laced a pair of boxing gloves the 28-year-old welterweight from Tullamore was bound for the Paris Olympics.
