Elsa Desmond will not be in China for long. She competed on Monday in the opening night in the women's luge event and she is expected to leave on Friday. She plans to return to work in Ireland on Saturday as a doctor. She has delayed parts of her job to compete in the Olympics.
BEIJING (AP) Elsa Desmond knows she’s not going to medal at the Beijing Olympics. She wasn't even expecting to be in the top half of the field. Doesn’t matter. The first women’s luge Olympian from Ireland feels like she's already prevailed.
“I have another job, I have to self-fund, I have all these really visible challenges,” Desmond said, about trying to train in between patients, “but other people have challenges that we can’t see."
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“I have another job, I have to self-fund, I have all these really visible challenges,” Desmond said, about trying to train in between patients, “but other people have challenges that we can’t see."