Jack Woolley looks to Paris Olympics a 'better person and athlete' after Tokyo trauma and Dublin assault

There is a saying that an athlete’s first Olympics is all about the experience and the second about performance. Jack Woolley has experienced a lifetime of good and bad.

ON THE RISE: Team Ireland Taekwando Olympian Jack Woolley poses for a portrait. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile.

Simone Biles had them zapped on her forearm.

The swimmers Missy Franklin and Kathleen Hersey went for the thigh. Ireland’s Greg O’Shea opted for one on his right calf muscle after playing in Tokyo in the rugby sevens.