From games to prison and back

RIO DE JANEIRO: Amnat Ruenroeng speaks openly about his years in a Thai prison. His path out of poverty, crime and drug addiction began in a cell. He wants it to

RIO DE JANEIRO: Amnat Ruenroeng speaks openly about his years in a Thai prison. His path out of poverty, crime and drug addiction began in a cell. He wants it to end in an Olympic ring with a medal around his neck, and he was willing to return from the pro ranks to try for that storybook ending again. “There are some good parts of being in prison,” Ruenroeng said. “You get discipline. In the prison, they provide education, and they have boxing, football and martial arts. I’m good at boxing.” Eight years after he fell just short of a medal in Beijing, the 36-year-old former IBF flyweight champion got his second Olympics off to another winning start Sunday night.

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