It is a world removed from the image of Paul O'Donovan raising his arms in triumph on the latest podium as the national anthem booms out.
The 28-year-old is sitting in his UCC student accommodation when we speak on Zoom.
O'Donovan is known countrywide and beyond as one of Ireland's greatest Olympians, a status that the long-haired rower cares little for but is expected to consolidate in Paris in under two years time.
