Olympic achievements not dulled by controversy

Where there’s money and sport, there will continue to be corruption of one form or another, writes Michael Clifford

Two medals, two arrests, fair to middling Olympics from an Irish point of view. Let’s first look at the medals and what they say about sport and this country.

The O’Donovan brothers Paul and Gary blew through the games like a breath of fresh air with their silver medal success in rowing. They typified so much about sport in its Corinthian incarnation.