Hero Egan Suffered a Ko the Moment He Stepped Out the Ring [Eire Region]
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THE utterly bizarre circumstances that prevail in his life today mean the question cannot be put in person, but Kenny Egan's response can be confidently predicted.
Which life was the more attractive: the one where an Olympic silver medal ensured your presence at every smart opening night in Dublin? Or those kidney-punch minutes in the Workers' Gymnasium on the outskirts of Beijing, where a hostile, partisan crowd and home- town judging saw Xiaoping Zhang stoop to have a gold medal slung around his thin neck? Egan would snatch back the sickening disappointment of that muggy Sunday afternoon of August 24, as his dream of becoming the best amateur light-heavyweight in the world disappeared into the Chinese haze.See the full content of this document
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Hero Egan Suffered a Ko the Moment He Stepped Out the Ring [Eire Region]
Even with the erratic judging and the heartbreak, Egan was living in circumstances he understood, in a world described by the reassuring certainties of a life in sport.
You win or you lose. The backing tracks provided by life will differ, and his Olympics ended in controversy and no little r...See the full content of this document
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