By Robert Heffernan,Gerard Cromwell
Deemed too small for his tuition Gaelic soccer staff on the age of fourteen, Rob Heffernan took up race jogging on a whim. pushed by means of a fiercely aggressive nature and a dogged wish to be the simplest, he strode his solution to the head of the game, successful bronze within the London 2012 Olympics and changing into international champion in Moscow in 2013. In 2016, he grew to become the 1st athlete to symbolize eire on the Olympic video games for a 5th time.
In this no-holds-barred account, Rob describes his battles with harm, melancholy and poverty on his solution to the pinnacle. even if at his most sensible, he came across himself cheated out of medals by way of those that crossed the darkish line into doping. He candidly tells of the confrontations with Athletics eire and the Irish activities Council that raged within the historical past to his fight for that prestigious Olympic medal.
This is the interior tale of the way one boy’s dream led him from the council residences of his tricky upbringing to the winners’ podium. it's also a heartfelt chronicle of the occasionally nightmare-ridden trip to develop into a most sensible athlete during this gruelling sport.
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