As a Para athlete you aren’t treated any differently. Sitting together in their Bangor home, dad Kevin, who is from Norwich and a Canaries season ticket holder, makes the pertinent point: “For a Paralympic athlete, the Commonwealth Games are very special in that the Para events are completely integrated with all the able bodied events. In the T37/38 100m Walsh Dann finished 10th overall, running a personal best of 14.04. Shirley McCay, Eve Walsh Dann and Aidan Walsh Everyone at my local club talked about it and asked me lots of questions. “It was brilliant to compete at the Commonwealth Games. All the Northern Ireland athletes were great, supporting each other and going to each other’s events. “We ended up having get-togethers and pizzas after our races had finished and it was a lot of fun.
“The Northern Ireland team accommodation was in the same area as the other UK athletes and having competed against them I knew the English and Scottish athletes and I was introducing all my friends from the Northern Ireland team to all my friends in the English and other teams. Having an integrated Para programme at the Games proved a huge hit with spectators and athletes alike. The transition from being a top junior to the senior scene has been challenging but hasn’t stopped her improving her personal bests year on year and climbing the national and international rankings, leading to qualification for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she was proud to wear the Northern Ireland vest.
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