Nguyen glad he took time to switch off after Paris

Paris brought out his best as he took care of business in the opening two pool ties against Israeli and Nepalese opponents before putting it up to Danish superstar Viktor Axelsen who went on to retain the men’s badminton singles title.

POSITIVE EXPERIENCE: ‘I gave it my all at the Games. I really left everything out there and I can only be proud of myself for that,’ says Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen. Pic: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

The ‘what now’. Everyone has to face it after an Olympics, regardless of whether they breasted a tape first, made one of the other steps on the podium, or got lost in the maw of the masses.

Paris was Nhat Nguyen’s second Games. It brought out his best as he took care of business in the opening two pool ties against Israeli and Nepalese opponents before putting it up to Danish superstar Viktor Axelsen who went on to retain the men’s badminton singles title.