Dr Ed Coughlan: For most, the sport you choose finds you as much as you find it

Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan with their gold medals. Picture: INPHO/Photosport/Steve McArthur

As the first week of Tokyo 2020 draws to a close and our attention moves towards the highly anticipated track and field of the athletics programme, the last seven days have once again shown us the power of sport to inspire and entertain.

While most people have no idea what the athletes go through to make it to the Games, they work on the assumption that it is nothing short of incredible just to get there, let alone to emerge triumphant.