Ireland's Meg Ryan during a training session at the Ariake Gymnastics Arena ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. “It’s definitely a sport where there’d be a lot of sacrifices and I think you only realise as you get older,” says the 19-year-old. Despite her youth, these are skills she’s been mastering for 15 years, her gymnastics journey beginning at the age of four. That’s the price of being an Olympic gymnast and it’s one she was happy to pay. “For them to know I came from the same place, the same pathway, it gives them a lot of hope,” says Ryan.

Source: Irish Independent July 24, 2021 01:30 UTC