"There was tremendous pressure. The country, family, Rudisha’s community, even the world of athletics. Would people have been satisfied with a silver and a bronze?

Two Mallow schools were given a rare treat today when they received a visit from one of the hottest properties in the world of sport.

He arrived in East Africa in 1976 with scant interest in athletics, but 36 years later, this Corkman, a Christian Brother teacher, is considered the foremost athletics coach in Kenya, and one of the most regarded in the world.