Event: 3000m steeplechase.
Who is she? An Irish runner competing in the 3000m steeplechase, O’Flaherty has represented Northern Ireland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Ireland in the 2015 World Championships.
Where’s she from? A native of the town of Newtownards in Co. Down in Northern Ireland.
Olympic CV: This will be the 35 year-old’s first appearance at the Olympic Games.
Road To Rio: O’Flaherty booked her place in July 2015 in Letterkenny with a time of 9.42.61 inside the time required (9.45.00) to qualify for next summer’s Olympics in Rio.
When does she start? On Saturday 13 August at the Olympic Stadium.
Where can I follow her? Check her out on Twitter – @runkerryrun.
What she says: “I took five years off serious running when I was in uni so I don’t feel like my running age is 35. I still feel like I’m in my twenties and my running age isn’t even 30 yet.
“I look at Joe Pavey winning at the Commonwealth Games two years ago when she was 40 – that’s an inspiration. A lot of female athletes don’t hit their peak until their mid or late thirties.” (RTÉ.ie, July 2016)
Medal chances? Didn’t manage to get out of the heats in Beijing at the World Championships in 2015 but did make the final at the European Championships last month in Amsterdam. A final appearance will be a key aim here.
And here’s something you probably didn’t know… She spends most of her time on the road with her coach and two dogs, Lola and Ella. They travel to events and training camps around Europe in a left-hand drive car after their previous one broke down in France and they were forced to buy a second-hand motor.
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Kane’ s second goal oozed class, a great three points for Spurs I thought they were struggling to break Villa down until the last 15 mins.
Grealish caught wanting too much time on the ball a few times, he’ll need to adjust to Premier League, on the bright side for Villa Mings put some shift in at the back, looks top quality.
@Sean: glrealish has lost 18 games in a row.. The longest of any player in premiership history
@Chonky Racoon: how did you work that one out considering they came up through the playoffs? Unless you mean he has lost his last 18 premier league games in which case that’s just a completely meaningless start as he only appeared in 16 league games the year they went down so it’s a stat spread over 3 Prem seasons over 5 years apart.
Clinical finishes from Kane. So important fir spurs that he stays fit. Eriksen showed his class. Would love him to sign a new contract. Decent first showing from Ndombele. With Son, Ali & La Celso still to come in fir spurs it could be another good season.
90 minute game, Spurs showed patience and class in the last 20 minutes. Kane has the X factor. Ndoble could be a player.
Spurs looked like a real side tonight, in the past they would have lost that match, but a serious team now the last 20 mins they showed it. Grealish well he’ll have better days.
Delighted your man lost the ball for Spurs’ second.
Typical kane.. Does nothing for 70 odd mins then sores a jammy goal.