‘Dream come true’ as mother presents medal

His hero Sebastian Coe would have been in awe of his stunning gold medal run in the 1,500m, but Ireland’s Michael McKillop was just glad his mother got to put the medal around his neck.

The Belfast man, at just 22 years old, blew away the opposition in the 1,500m in a Paralympic record, adding to his world record time and gold medal in the 800m last week.

However, the biggest surprise was still to come and Michael admitted that when his mother Catherine walked out to present him with his second gold medal, it was a “dream come true”.