Jason Smyth aiming to add to his legacy at Paris Games in 2024

Jason Smyth photographed at the announcement of Permanent TSB as the title sponsor for both the Irish Olympic and Irish Paralympic teams at the Paris 2024 Games 

Jason Smyth knows all too well the risks that come with going again.

The world’s fastest Paralympian is 34 now and half that span down the track from the time he claimed the first of his 20 gold medals at major outdoor championships. The most recent came in Tokyo last year when he had just one-hundredth of a second to spare on Algeria’s Skander Djamil Athmani.