McKillop’s winning recipe

For Michael McKillop, it began with a Nutella sandwich and ended with dessert.

He had been skittish all day. On the Friday night, the 22-year old tossed and turned in the room he shares with Jason Smyth in the Olympic Village before making a break for the living area and it was 1am by the time he felt ready to return to the cot.

When he did he found his roomie lying on his own litter, eyes wide open and still buzzing from his world record run in the T13 100m heat a few hours earlier. Both men knew that was merely an appetiser for the day that was waiting to dawn.