A third appearance at an Olympic Games and the opportunity to captain Great Britain at Paris 2024 offers more than a little consolation for David Ames missing out on a potential career as a professional footballer with Chelsea.
Born in South Africa but brought up in Northern Ireland, Ames is preparing to skipper GB this summer after previously being part of the GB squad in Rio in 2016 and subsequently the side that finished fifth at the Tokyo Olympics.
It could all have been so different for the 35-year-old, however, after he went on trials with Chelsea and Preston North End.