No shortcuts on Katie’s Olympic rings road

Before her fight this morning she would have read the same Bible verses and listened to the same Christian songs on her iPod

No shortcuts on Katie’s Olympic rings road
Fri, 18 May, 2012 - 01:00
Adrian Russell

I’ve only ever picked up a couple of penalty points on my driving license.

And those two were rightfully earned on the way to meet Katie Taylor in Dublin one summer morning before her last World Championships trip to Barbados.

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