Michael McKillop: ‘I’m quite an anxious person so it’s tough not having Jason Smyth here'

His medal haul to date includes four golds in three previous Paralympics; 800m in 2008, a 800m/1500m double in 2012, and 1500m in 2016

Ireland’s Michael McKillop will be competing in the Paralympic T38 1500m final in Tokyo on Saturday. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

On the track, he’s all business, but by his own admission, Michael McKillop is still a big kid.

He might be 31 now, but he’s still lolloping around like a big playful puppy, insisting, with a grin, that “I have zero talent except running, that’s the genuine truth. Absolutely nothing!