Emmet Ryan: The other sports at the Olympic Games

Get ready for your once every four year opportunity to get acquainted with sports that are rarely highlighted on these shores

"Ireland is unlikely to get a medal outside of boxing at these games," says Emmet Ryan

National broadcasters tend to make the Olympics an awfully local-looking affair. It's not an accident that RTE overloads on boxing given its Ireland's best and most reliable source of medals. The biggest of big ticket events tend to break national norms, with athletics and swimming being the sports that essentially sell the games.

The Olympics however offer a chance for so much more for the person willing to look for what to follow. ...