'The road is bouncing this morning' – Portland Row celebrates Kellie Harrington's Olympic heroics

Kellie Harrington celebrates her victory in her women's lightweight quarter-final bout against Imane Khelif of Algeria at the Kokugikan Arena during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Kellie Harrington has achieved sporting greatness after scooping at least a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, but emulating the greatest of all time, Katie Taylor, remains a tantalising possibility.

The Dubliner has two fights left in Japan to claim the gold, and given her quietly assured performance in dispatching Imane Khelif of Algeria in the lightweight quarter-final at the Kokugikan Arena, the greatest prize of them all is in sight.