Jason Smyth's Paralympics blog: Skype, baby baths and that gold medal feeling

Jason Smyth (28), a visually impaired sprinter from Derry, is officially the ‘fastest Paralympian on the planet.’ His 100m personal best (10:22) is the second fastest ever by an Irishman and he is also one of only 10 Irish men to break 21 seconds. He won T13 gold at both 100m & 200m in the 2008 Beijing and 2012 Paralympics and won his fifth Paralympic gold medal by winning the T13 100m final in Rio de Janeiro.

MY final here in Rio was at 10 past 11 in the morning and, by time I went through media, had the medal ceremony, did some more media and went through anti-doping, I actually didn't get home to the athletes’ village until a quarter to three.

That was close to 7pm at home, when my daughter Evie usually starts her bath routine before bed. I hadn't eaten since seven that morning but I didn't even get to go for food because I wanted to say ‘hello’ to my wife Elise and her before she went to bed. So I went on Skype with them for 15 minutes and said hello to everyone at home.