‘You always have to be a student of the sport’ – Irish sprint sensation Bori Akinola
Engineer is a late developer but he’s making up for lost time
Bori Akinola of UCD AC at the National Indoor Arena at the Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin ahead of this weekend's 123.ie National Indoor Championships. Photo: Sam Barnes/SportsfileHe’s the fastest Irishman in history over 60 metres, the reigning national sprint champion both indoors and outdoors, but for Bori Akinola, athletics must still be squeezed around his nine-to-five job as an iOS engineer.The 24-year-old has had a breakthrough season, rising swiftly up the international ranks, but even in the sport’s glamour event there’s a precipitous drop-off in earning potential for those outside its ultra-elite bracket.
