Meet the man responsible for Ireland's most successful Olympic programme

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Andy Reid had been swimming for 20 years by the time he stood on the edge of the pool in Kuala Lumpur’s National Sports Complex at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and readied himself for his first ever stab at a major championships.

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