Tokyo 2020: There’s more to life than winning
Winning medals isn’t everything! It seems a strange theme to emerge from the drama of the best of humanity competing to win, yet it was written across an Olympics which carried more pressure than any in recent memory. The games themselves had retained their host city of Tokyo, but were hosted by a different year as Covid made it’s mark on our world. Under such pressure it would be difficult to find a more relaxed and yet motivated individual than Ireland’s gold medallist in rowing, Paul O Donovan. His interviews are always worth watching not only for the easy going humour that is often present, but to listen to a winner thinking out loud. The irony being this isn’t what drives or defines him . “You’re very happy winning obviously but at the end of the day you forget about it and get on with life.” In fact whilst being no stranger to medals it seems Paul’s medals have been estranged from him. He boxes them up and leaves them with family t...