Sport

Jason Smyth: ‘At the top end of sport, it is about the fine margins’

Jason Smyth, the world’s fastest-ever Paraylmpic athlete, won six Paralympic titles, including the 100m and 200m doubles at the Beijing and London Games in 2008 and 2012

Jason Smyth, the recently retired Paralympian, is the third fastest Irish person ever. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Jason Smyth, the fastest Paralympian on the plant, is more aware than most of the fine margins in sport, having won gold at the Tokyo Paralympics by just 0.01 of a second.

Elite athletes have for decades been relentless in their pursuit of the marginal gains that can make the difference between glory and heartache, whether they’re available through diet, lifestyle or new training methods.

More recently, advances in technology have opened up a new ...