There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.
Altho that is so, Ireland has always denied and Ireland still denies that the Union was binding upon her either legally or morally. And here on this historic occasion we have assembled to renew our protest and to place it upon record.
That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals.
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.
Outside the Olympics, there are massive discrepancies within all sports. But the positive side for me is that the Olympics are the biggest platform there is, and there's total equality across all sports.
The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.
Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.
It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.
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