Rio 2016: The rough and tumble

Gymnast Kieran Behan has defied medicine, physics and reason to go to Rio

Kieran Behans struggle to reach the Rio Olympics has been a long and arduous one Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
Kieran Behan at work on-siteKieran Behan/Instagram

Kieran Behan has the hands of a gymnast and a builder. His fingers are calloused and his grip is firm. His palms are badly blistered and the skin is raw in places.

“That’s from the gym,” he said with a grin when asked to show the damage. He is perhaps the ...