Conlan ‘over the moon’ and pledges to win gold in Rio

Led by women’s gold medallist Katie Taylor, all the members of the Irish boxing team assembled at the ExCel yesterday to see Michael Conlan receive his medal.

And all the four medallists wore their medals around their necks as they posed for photographs to mark what was the greatest Olympic achievement by an Irish boxing team.

No one was happier than Michael Conlan. The 20-year-old Belfast lightweight vowed to be in Rio in four years’ time and, this time around, he will win the gold medal.