Kellie Harrington: I got back to normality after winning Olympic gold, I don't have superpowers!

Not many people would go straight back to work after winning gold – but there aren’t many people like Kellie Harrington. In this 2021 interview, she reflects on an extraordinary year

Kellie Harrington: I was training Monday to Friday and then in to work on Saturday and Sunday, then back to training Monday to Friday. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

“You know something, at the end of the day, people will forget what you’ve done, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel,” says Kellie Harrington, with that big, warm smile which has come to define her.

Looking back on a year in which she won an Olympic gold medal for boxing, she says she loves meeting new people and seeing their delight as they are transported back to that August day.