The Rio start that no-one wanted
Ireland was ready to storm Olympic boxing in Rio. Now Michael O’Reilly’s teammates step into the ring under a cloud
What will you remember these Olympics for?
Before they even began we had our answer. Last Thursday, the Irish journalists made up most of the media contingent at the back of an upscale shopping mall in the wealthy suburbs of Rio.
The sheer number there for the boxing tournament draw said much about how this was supposed to set up the coming weeks for Ireland. Before even a quarter of the draw had ...
