Golden wonder Kellie Harrington: I’m an Olympic champion but it doesn’t define me as a person'

Kellie Harrington celebrates with her gold medal. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Kellie Harrington has insisted time and again that these Olympics would not change her.

Perspective has vied with performance as a key touchstone all through her time in the Japanese capital, a fact emphasised by how she has repeatedly mentioned her job and her colleagues on the wards of St Vincent’s Hospital where she works part-time as a cleaner.