Legendary Belfast boxer Jim McCourt has passed away at the age of 79. McCourt won an Olympic boxing bronze medal in 1964 for Ireland - the only medal the team won in any sport at the Tokyo Olympics. McCourt is one of only 18 Irish fighters to ever claim Olympic medals.
The Belfast man came so close to a gold medal match but missed out after a controversial 3-2 defeat by the Soviet Union's Velikton Barannikov in their lightweight semi-final.
McCourt won a European bronze medal a year after that Olympic heartbreak and then came a gold medal in Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games.
The Immaculata fighter was also a seven-time Irish champion. His nephew Frankie McCourt posted: "My Uncle my Coach my Hero the great Jim McCourt. Rest in peace.."
McCourt was flag bearer at the Mexico Olympics for Ireland and was inducted into the Irish Amateur Boxing Association hall of fame in 2011.
