SCHEDULE DAY 4.
(All times listed are Irish times – Paris is one hour ahead)
9.50am: Rowing, Women’s Double Sculls (W2-) semi-final 1 of 2, Zoe Hyde & Alison Bergin, only top three will go to final
10.20: Rowing, Men’s Double Sculls (M2x) semi-final 2 of 2, Philip Doyle & Daire Lynch – only top three will go to final
10.30: Rowing, Women’s Four (W4-) repechage, Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe & Imogen Magner – only top two will go to the final
11.36: Boxing, Women’s 54kg, Round of 16, Jenny Lehane V Yuan Chang (CHN)
12.15pm: Men’s Hockey, Men’s Pool B, Ireland V India
1.38: Equestrian, Individual Dressage Grand Prix qualifier, Abigail Lyle
2.00: Canoe Slalom, Women’s C1 1st run, Michaela Corcoran
2.00: Women’s Rugby Sevens, 5-8 placings match, Ireland v France
5/5.30: Women’s Rugby Sevens, final placing match TBC
3.00: Canoe Slalom, Men’s K1 1st run, Noel Hendrick
3.35: Sailing, Men’s Skiff, Race 7, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove
4.10: Canoe Slalom, Women’s C1 2nd run, Michaela Corcoran
4.27: Sailing, Men’s Skiff, Race 8, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove
4.30: or later Badminton, Women’s Singles, Rachael Darragh V Jenjira Stadelmann (SUI)
5.10: Canoe Slalom, Men’s K1 2nd run, Noel Hendrick
5.19: Sailing, Men’s Skiff, Race 9, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove
8.02: Swimming, Men’s 800m Freestyle final, Daniel Wiffen
Boxing: Ashbourne schoolteacher Jennifer Lehane got a bye in to the last 16 of the 54kg division. She faces China’s two-time Asian Games champion Yuan Chang in the 54kg division and is due in the ring in about 15 minutes.
For those that missed it here is Ireland’s Olympic bronze medalist Mona McSharry’s charming post race interview last night.
Rowing: Our man Denis Walsh is at the rowing. Here’s what he has had to say. “Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch reached the final of the men’s double sculls with an impressive win in theiri semi-final, comfortably holding off crews from the United States and New Zealand in the closing 200 metres. However there was no joy for Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin who finished fifth in the semi-final of women’s double sculls, or the women’s four, who came fourth in their repechage.
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Rowing: The Irish four of Emily Hegarty, Eimear Lambe, Natalie Long and Imogen Magner finish a disappointing fourth in their repechage race. The Irish boat was in third place behind the winners America and China for most of the race but they faded and were overtaken by the Danes in the final 50 metres. The top two crews made the Olympic final.
Rowing: Emily Hegarty, Eimear Lambe, Natalie Long and Imogen Magner are the Irish four. They are third after 1,000 metres.
Rowing: The Ireland women’s four are at the start line for their Repechage race to see if they can get into the top two for a place in the Olympic final.
Rowing: Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch win their men’s double sculls semi-final. Cool, calm, collected and commanding. A superb display of race rowing. That’s all the alliteration I’ve got. The Irish pair are into the Olympic final.
Rowing: Doyle and Lynch lead after 1,500 metres.
Rowing: The Irish crew are second after 1,00 metres.
Rowing: Ireland’s Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch are third after 500 metres.
Rugby: The Ireland women’s Sevens team take on France in the first of two matches to compete for fifth to eighth place after last night’s quarter-final defeat. Having lost captain Lucy Rock earlier in the tournament, the Irish squad could be further depleted after Béibhinn Parsons limped off in the Aussie game. Allan Temple-Jones squad face France this afternoon.
Rowing: The Irish crew are in the second semi-final in about eight minutes.
Rowing: Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch are next up in the men’s double sculls semi-final, having been impressive winners in their heat. Philip is in his second Olympics.
Rowing: Tralee’s Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin of Fermoy finished fifth in the women’s double sculls. The Irish boat was never really in contention after falling off the pace a little in the second 500 metres. New Zealand won the race, Netherlands were second and France third. The Irish crew were fourth in the world championships last year in which they finished ahead of the New Zealand and French boasts, albeit that the French boat was a different pair.
Rowing: Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin in the women’s double sculls, are fifth through the first 500 metres and retain that position through 1,000 metres. The need to finish top three to qualify for the Olympic final.
Sailing: Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove lie in second place as the Men’s skiff event reached the halfway stage of the Paris Olympic regatta in Marseilles. The Dublin pair were overall leaders going into the final race of yesterday thanks to earlier fourth and second places.
They placed eighth in the third race of the day. The light winds faded while New Zealanders Isaac Kale McHardie and William McKenzie took their third race win to move into the overall lead of the event.
The Irish crew hold a nine-point lead over the next placed crew, Spain’s Diego Botin le Chever and Florian Trittel Paul. They undertake three more races today.
Speaking of required reading Denis Walsh spoke to Finbarr Kirwan.
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Ian O’Riordan witnessed Mona McSharry win a bronze medal, Ireland’s first of many, hopefully, in Paris. On the basis that he’s a lucky omen we will be sending the intrepid Olympics theologian back to the pool tonight to watch Daniel Wiffen. Ian had a look at Daniel’s prospects ahead of the final.
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In badminton Donegal Olympic debutant Rachael Darragh takes to the court for the first time in Group L when she takes on Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland; a medallist from the European Games last summer. Darragh; a niece of three-time Irish Olympian fellow badminton player Chloe Magee, has a current world ranking of 82.
Following Liam Jegou’s brilliant seventh place finish in the C1 final yesterday canoe slalom teammates Michaela Corcoran and Noel Hendrick get their 2024 Olympic Games underway in the first and second runs of the Men’s K1, and Women’s C1, respectively.
Ireland’s men’s hockey team face a match approximating to a win-or-bust – it’s not strictly that – after defeats to Belgium (2-0) and yesterday, Australia (2-1). There were aspects of the performance against the Aussies that were first class, especially in the second quarter and they’ll need to replicate that against the Tokyo bronze medallists India at lunchtime (12.15).
In Equestrian Abigail Lyle’s Olympic debut begins in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix on board Giraldo, at the picturesque Palace of Versailles venue. Lyle is Ireland’s only dressage competitor and will bid to qualify for the Individual Final (Freestyle to Music). The top two athletes from each group and the six athletes with the next best scores (including ties) will qualify to the Individual Final (Grand Prix Freestyle).
Hello and good morning, John O’Sullivan here. I am rehydrated and ready to go.
Following Mona McSharry’s historic bronze medal last night, Ireland’s double world champion Daniel Wiffen will attempt to win his first medal of the Olympics when he goes in the final of the 800m freestyle. The Armagh man is the fastest qualifier for that final on a time of 7:41.53 from yesterday’s heats.
Three of the Irish rowing crews are back on the water tomorrow morning aiming to make it into their respective Finals. The men’s and women’s doubles must finish in the top three of their semi-finals to gain a spot in the final, and a tight top two finish is needed for the women’s four in the repechage of their event.
Malachy Clerkin wrote: “First up, Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin go in the women’s double sculls at 9.50am. Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch, the men’s double sculls pair who probably had the most eye-catching display of all the Irish crews in the heats. They posted the fastest time in their event – and that was with them easing off over the second half of the race so as not to leave all their best efforts in the early rounds.
In boxing Ashbourne schoolteacher Jennifer Lehane got a bye in to the last 16 of the 54kg division. Today she faces China’s two-time Asian Games champion Yuan Chang in the 54kg division. The Meath fighter has put her primary school teacher career on hold to become Ireland’s first female Olympian at bantamweight, when she makes her Games debut.
Following the later 60kg bouts yesterday evening Kellie Harrington’s last eight opponent has been determined. Harrington faces Colombia’s 2023 World silver medallist Paola Angie Valdas Pana on Wednesday evening after the South American beat Kosovo’s Donjeta Sadiku on a split 3-2 decision.
