"Everything has gone to plan, training, races, preparation and I'm confident that I can perform. You never know what everyone else is going to do but I'm confident I can go out and do something. I'm looking forward to it."
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0724/1224275391171.html
"Paul Hession, ranked fifth-fastest over the 200 metres, clearly won’t be far off a medal. Yet the four men ahead of him – including 20-year-old Christophe Lemaitre of France, who recently became the first white man to run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds – don’t look like slowing down, and Hession will need to break his Irish record of 20.30 to get the reward he so craves, and deserves."