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Rio 2016 liveblog: Day 4

Keep pace with Ireland’s competitors in Brazil.

Busy day in store for Irish in rio

Let’s do this.

Here’s the Irish in action today (via this morning’s Olympics Breakfast)

Sanita Puspure is the first of the Irish team out today in Rio as she rows in the women’s single sculls quarter final at 1.10pm. She’ll be hoping to build on some fantastic performances by the other Irish rowers yesterday.

The Irish eventing team will be jumping tomorrow as the competition draws to a close. They’re still in contention and currently lie in eighth place in the team standings. It all kicks off at 2pm.

At 4pm, the Irish men’s hockey team will aim to get their first win against Germany after disappointing results against both India and The Netherlands. However, Craig Fulton’s men face a stern test as the Germans are the current Olympic champions.

We return to the pool at 5pm as Nicholas Quinn competes in the heats of the men’s 200m breathstroke. The Mayo man will take his place in lane 3 during heat 3 and he will be hoping to improve on a fourth-place finish in his 100m breathstroke heat last Saturday. If the Irish swimmer manages to qualify from his heat, he will be swimming again later that night at 3am for the semi-finals.

Sanita Puspure preparing to go in rowing quarter-final

Cork’s Latvian-born rower Sanita Puspure will go in her quarter-final at 1.40pm.

Conditions look a lot better but she’s said to be in the tougher side of the draw. RTÉ will be televising if you can get to a telly on your lunch break. Top three progress.

And she's off...

Ireland’s Sanita Puspure goes off in lane 5.

Puspure in fourth after 1000m

So the Irish rower has some work to do.

Australia’s Kimberley Brennan is in first place.

Puspure misses out with fourth-place finish despite huge finish!

Australia, Belarus and China power through in the qualifying positions, despite a massive effort from the Cork-based rower. That’s agonising.

That's heart-breaking for the Latvia native

That was a thrilling if gut-wrenching finish from Puspure.  She powered into our screens in the last metres, having seemingly been completely left behind.

Puspure ran out of water and gave her competitors too much respect, according to former Olympian Neville Maxwell on RTÉ.

Tough stuff.

Ireland's Eventing team are back in action, Clare Abbott will lead them in the show-jumping

Abbott and Euro Prince are 15th on the show-jumping start list. We’re 11 in, so tune in to RTE to catch her round.

Clear round for Clare Abbott and Euro Prince

First clear round of the day in show-jumping, brilliant stuff.

Mark Kyle will be next out for Ireland.

Jonty Evans is starting is jumping round right now
Brilliant clear round from Jonty Evans

Evans and Cooley Rorke’s Drift are having a great Games.

The Green Machine are ready to go in their third game of the Olympics

Germany are today’s opposition for Ireland in the hockey arena, it’s another tall ask to avoid a third defeat. #COYBIG

Germany take the lead at the Olympic Hockey Centre

Ireland trail as we approach the end of the opening quarter — and it came from yet another Penalty Corner. David Harte might look back on that one and feel he could have done better but for the third successive game, Ireland trail early doors.

Annalise Murphy is ready to take to the water in the Women's Laser Radial class

After a strong start to her Olympic campaign yesterday, Annalise Murphy is gearing up for another big afternoon of sailing.

The Dubliner heads into the third race of the Women’s Laser Radial class in third position in the overall standings.

Her races today are at 5.05pm and 6.30pm Irish time.

Goal for Ireland! The Green Machine are level with Germany

What a hit! Eugene Magee brings Ireland level with a thunderbolt from the edge of the circle. Three minutes left in the second quarter.

Shane Ryan is about to go in the Men's 100m freestyle heats

After making the 100m backstroke semi-finals at the weekend, Shane Ryan is back in the pool for the 100m freestyle heats. It’s not his strongest discipline but he’s coming off the back of a fine performance and confidence will be high.

He goes in the third of eight heats.

Second for Shane Ryan in the 100m freestyle heats!

Another cracking swim from Shane Ryan! He finishes second in his heat in a time of 49.82. With five heats to go, it’s now a waiting game for the Irishman with the 16 fastest times to qualify for the semi-finals.

High winds delay sailing action at Marina da Gloria

Annalise is now due in the water at 5.25pm due to high winds down in Guanabara Bay. Finn Lynch, who was scheduled to start around now, will also have to bide his time.

Germany regain the lead as they make Ireland pay again

So, so frustrating for Ireland. At one end, Watt goes within inches of giving Craig Fulton’s men the lead before Germany capitalise on some lazy Irish defending.

Fuerste emphatically dispatches the PC past David Harte and Ireland need to conjure a big response again.

Jonty Evans through to the Olympic eventing final

Jonty Evans goes for gold this evening at 6pm in the Individual eventing final.

Another goal for Germany!

And it’s looking ominous now. Zwicker slaps home a third for the Germans.

Nicholas Quinn is back in the pool for the Men's 200m breaststroke heats

After missing out on qualification in the 100m breaststroke heats over the weekend, Nicholas Quinn will hope for a better result when he takes to the starting block for the 200m breaststroke heats in a few minutes.

The 23-year-old from Mayo goes in the second heat with the top 16 to advance to tonight’s semi-finals.

Goal for Ireland!

There’s hope yet. Mitch Darling pulls one back with 53 seconds remaining. 3-2 to Germany.

Ireland suffer third Olympic defeat

Craig Fulton’s side fall short again as they go down 3-2 to Germany at the Olympic Hockey Stadium. There’s still hope yet though as victories over Canada and Argentina in the final group games would secure qualification through.

Nicholas Quinn wins his 200m breaststroke heat

It’s a waiting game now for Nicholas Quinn. He produces a great swim to win his heat in a time of 2:11.67 but he must watch the remaining heats to find out if he’s done enough to qualify for the semi-finals.

Remember, it’s the fastest 16 swimmers to progress.

No joy for Nicholas Quinn

Despite winning his heat, Nicholas Quinn doesn’t advance to the semi-finals of the 200m breaststroke as his time of 2:11.67 means he finishes 19th in the standings.

Huge result for Annalise Murphy as she finishes fourth in 3rd race

Superb from Annalise Murphy! In high winds, the Dubliner — who started the day third in the standings — battles to finish fourth in the third race of the Women’s laser radial class.

Finn Lynch comes home in 14th in the men's laser

The 20-year-old impresses on the water to claim 14th in the third race of the Men’s laser and he now sits 20th overall with seven races remaining.

Annalise Murphy ready to go again

After moving up to second in the overall standings, Annalise Murphy is back on the water in the next few minutes for the fourth race of the Women’s laser radial.

Jonty Evans secures top 10 finish in the Individual eventing final

An amazing result!

Michael O'Reilly releases statement via his legal representatives

Michael O’Reilly has this evening admitted he unintentionally took a supplement that may have contained a banned substance in the lead up to the Olympic Games.

The 23-year-old middleweight fighter received a provisional suspension for failing a doping test before leaving for Rio.

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Annalise Murphy sits second in the overall standings after race four

Can we dare to dream yet?

Another stellar performance from Annalise today sees her jump up to second from third in the overall standings.

A seventh-placed finish in her second race of the day, and the fourth of the Women’s laser radial, has given her a great chance of winning a medal — but there is a long way to go with six races to come over the next four days.

David Oliver Joyce is about to enter the ring in the Men's light 60kg

Lets get ready to rumble!

David Oliver Joyce enters the ring for the biggest fight of his career as he takes on Albert Selimov of Azerbaijan in Men’s light 60kg.

Joyce loses the first round

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Joyce needs a big final round, as he trails after two

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David Oliver Joyce loses to Albert Selimov on a unanimous decision

The second seed proves too strong for David Oliver Joyce as he bows out. Albert Selimov wins by unanimous decision.

Katie Ledecky wins the women's 200m freestyle

The American claimed her second gold medal of the Olympics in the women’s 200m freestyle in Rio tonight.

Michael Phelps has claimed his 20th gold medal

The American has triumphed again in the Men’s 200m butterfly.

Michael Phelps wins his 21st gold medal at the Rio Olympics

Phelps was part of Team USA, who triumphed in the 4x200m free.

Doping war of words continues as King beats tainted Russian swimmer to gold

Olympic breakfast: Swimmers, sailors and boxers among the Irish in action today

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