Kellie Harrington on the brink of glory: ‘This is what she has dreamed about all her life’

'This isn’t something new for them, they’ve lived this moment. We’re trying to manage that piece around it because it can create a lot of anxiety, a lot of pressure'

Kellie Harrington before her lightweight quarter-final against Imane Khelif. Picture: Sportsfile

“That's nine medals,” Zaur Antia noted. “Nine. Should be 11.”

The information was offered unsolicited, the Georgian offering his numbers up for digestion this week after Kellie Harrington had added to the horde of Olympic silverware which Irish boxers have amassed since he first arrived in Dublin to work alongside Billy Walsh on what was a deeply dysfunctional programme.