Tommy Martin: We have all gone on holiday to the Olympics

Like any exotic holiday, attempting to speak the language is part of it

Ireland’s Nhat Nyugen stretches to return during his group martch against Tzu-Wei Wang of Chinese Taipei in Tokyo yesterday. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

You’ll have heard the joke, by this stage, or made it yourself.

Every Olympics, without fail. The one about how you become an expert at the oul synchronised diving/Taekwondo/canoe slalom after watching it for 20 minutes every four years.