Magee: 'Tainted' Smith deserved more publicity

Veteran sports commentator Jimmy Magee says it was a shame former Irish Olympic swimmer Michelle Smith didn’t have any role in the Irish leg of the Olympic Torch relay.

In an interview with Newstalk’s breakfast show this morning, the 77-year-old said that Smith, who was handed a four year ban from swimming in 1998 after tampering with a drug sample, deserves more publicity for being Ireland’s most successful Olympian of all-time.