Irish round-up: There was huge disappointment for Irish marksman Derek Burnett in the men's trap event at the Beijing Games this morning as he failed to progress to the final later today.
Lying 15th overnight, and with the top six making it to the decider, the Longford man harboured an outside hope of forcing his way into contention.
To do that, he would have needed a near perfect score of 50 out of 50 in the final two qualification rounds, something he felt wasn't beyond him. But Burnett's challenge wilted in the Beijing heat of as he managed to bag just 41 of the targets and slipped back to 29th in the overall standings.
Elsewhere, the equestrian team are currently 10th overall after the dressage stage. Niall Griffin is 35th in the individual standings after his 50.60 but team-mate Patricia Ryan had a morning to forget on Fernhill Clover mist, with her 78.70 leaving her next to last.
Australian Lucinda Fredericks still leads the overall standings.
And Chloe Magee was beaten in the second round of the women's badminton, going down 21-12, 21-14 to Korea's Jaeyoun Jun.