Heartbroken Jack Woolley fights through the tears after last-gasp Olympics loss
The Tallaght native was a genuine medal hope, heading into the games. The mind and body were right, says Jack Woolley, but it was a different story up on the mat. He just did not have his ‘A’ game when it counted. In a back-and-forth Taekwondo 58kg contest, at the Olympics, Woolley fell behind in […]
5 years ago
RTÉ cut to ad breaks and misses Dan Martin’s excellent road race finish
6 hours. 9 minutes. 4 seconds. That is how long Dan Martin fought, slogged, sprinted, chased, climbed, harried and emptied himself around the 234-kilometre Tokyo course, today, all in pursuit of a medal for Ireland. Martin was part of a three-man Irish contingent and had Nicolas Roche and Eddie Dunbar, who made a breakaway attempt […]
5 years ago
“They were like rock stars to us” – Gary and Paul O’Donovan on their childhood heroes
“It’s a funny one. I don’t want to be barging into the rowing club, imposing myself on them.” Growing up in Cork, Gary O’Donovan watched ‘a little bit of whatever sport was on the telly’ but was lucky to have his sporting heroes living just down the road. At the end of the summer, Gary […]
5 years ago