IT only comes around every four years, but the buzz of the Olympic Games never fails to be more than enough to rev our fitness engines into gear.

Perhaps, in hindsight, fortune took too many hostages.

Michael Conlan watched Paddy Barnes win the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing four years ago and, last night, he heaped pressure on his fellow Belfast man by claiming a bronze medal for himself at London 2012, Barnes boxing for his second bronze tonight.

IF Christmas is for the kids, today is mainly for winners. A cruel, elitist time of year when we look back and pick our best, our favourite, our most memorable.