John Treacy: We'd have taken the hand off you for four medals before the Olympics

We came away from Tokyo with about 20 top-10 positions. We had targeted 10 to 15. There were personal bests, national records, and finals’ qualifications
John Treacy: We'd have taken the hand off you for four medals before the Olympics

Sport Ireland CEO John Treacy. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

As CEO of Sport Ireland, I would be very pleased with the overall performance of Team Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics.

We would have taken the hand off you if you’d offered us four medals before the Games and two of them were gold. That’s the first time since 1932 that we have two gold medals by different people, which is fantastic.

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