With Sarah Keane at the helm the OCI is a much less toxic brand

With Sarah Keane at the helm the OCI is a much less toxic and much more presentable brand, writes Kieran Shannon

At last weekend’s illuminating HPX High Performance Conference in Abbotstown, Finbarr Kirwan, the Corkman now working as a high performance director with the United States Olympics Committee, gave an intriguing insight as to how the six sports he oversees won 73 medals in Rio.

America’s goal for every Olympic Games is unapologetic in its bluntness — to top the medals table and to top the gold medals table. If your sport is unlikely to deliver, then the USOC will be slow to deliver it any funding; in recent times badminton, table tennis and handball have received minimal investment.