Annalise was welcomed home with a party in the People's Park in Dun Laoghaire yesterday and will meet the President on Sunday when he hosts a reception for team Ireland at the Áras.

Speaking to reporters earlier, she said she could be in line for another win in four years time: “Maybe it's part of my competitive nature but I am already becoming annoyed with the end of the race, being like, I could have got that gold medal.

So you know, it is definitely motivation to look at Tokyo and go maybe I could become a two-time gold medallist, maybe I could get a gold medal.”