Super Jason Smyth still a class apart

It was three years ago at a track meet in Lyon that Jason Smyth and his team first came across a lanky Namibian by the name of Johannes Nambala. Gangly and fast while wobbly and technically poor, it was a combination that meant room for improvement and therefore slight concern.

The addition of Frankie Fredericks as a mentor in the lead up to these Games exaggerated those thoughts to the point that more than at any time in his Paralympic career, there was a feeling the Derry man could be threatened.

You’d think by now we’d know not to doubt him.