From Paris Olympics to water polo, Erin Riordan finding the joy in sport again

The Olympian is back in the water and now part of a team.

CHANGING LANES: Water Polo player Erin Riordan stands for a portrait during an Olympic Federation of Ireland media briefing at Olympic House on the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile

The iconic five rings are hard to miss on Erin Riordan’s wrist. For a generation of Olympians, the tattoo has become a rite of passage. It’s a symbol of a mountain climbed. What it doesn’t, can’t, say is how the peak was reached.

Or what came next.