The Kieran Shannon Interview: Jon Rudd, Swim Ireland and delivering when it matters most

WHEN we meet Jon Rudd on Tuesday, 48 hours before Leo Varadkar addresses the nation in another nation, he greets you with an elbow-bump and a geniality that suggests that if this was any other time and he knew you any bit more it would have been a chest bump or a bear hug.

John Rudd. Picture: Inpho/Bryan Keane

Swim Ireland’s Performance Director Jon Rudd has set out his stall for a successful Tokyo Games in July. “A good Olympics for Ireland, “ he says, “would be for everybody who is on the team to swim faster there than they ever have before.”