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DAY FOUR is a tough act to follow after the heroics in the pool last night.
Daniel Wiffen’s magnificent gold, coupled with Mona McSharry’s brilliant bronze on Monday, means Ireland are 14th in the overall Paris 2024 medal table at the time of writing.
Can any other Irish athletes emulate those remarkable feats? Kellie Harrington is one win away from joining the swimming duo on the list of medal winners from Paris 2024.
Read on to find out how the rest of Wednesday is looking.
Which Irish athletes are competing – and when can I watch them?
Badminton: Nhat Nguyen is in action early doors. He takes on Viktor Axelsen of Denmark at 8.20am in the Men’s Singles, Group P encounter. Meanwhile, following an agonising defeat on Tuesday, at roughly 1pm, Rachael Darragh is set to compete against Carolina Marin of Spain in a Group L match.
Rowing: It’s a busy day for Ireland’s rowers. First up are Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney in semi-final 2 of the Men’s Pair (M2-) at 9.44am. At 10.04am, in the Women’s Pair (W2-), Fiona Murtagh and Aifric Keogh compete in semi-final 2. At 10.14am, the Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LM2x) semi-final 1 takes place. And that is followed by the Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls, (LW2x), semi-final 2 at 10.44am.
Swimming: Mona McSharry is back in action in the Women’s 200m Breaststroke heat 1/3 at 10am. If the Sligo swimmer can secure a top-16 finish, she will return for the semi-finals at 7.45pm.
Sailing: Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove have another hectic day ahead in the Men’s Skiff. They will feature in Race 10 (1.50pm), Race 11 (2.45pm) and Race 12 (3.37pm).
Boxing: It’s a busy day for the Irish contingent. Jude Gallagher faces Filipino Carlo Paalam in Men’s 57kg, Round of 16 clash at 2.30pm. At 4.54pm, the Women’s 60kg, quarter-final sees Kellie Harrington take on Angie Paola Valdes Pana of Colombia. Finally, at 8.52pm, in the Women’s 75kg, Round of 16 bout, Aoife O’Rourke comes up against Poland’s Elzbieta Wojcik.
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A win against Angie Paola Valdes Pan will guarantee Kellie Harrington at least a bronze medal in boxing.
Sailing duo Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove are also strongly placed. After finishing fourth, 13th and ninth on Tuesday, they remain in the silver medal position in the Men’s Skiff. They are 11 points behind leaders Diego Botin and Florian Trittel of Spain. This afternoon will be the penultimate day of action, with the top 10 overall finishers advancing to Thursday’s medal race.
Do not miss…
While Harrington’s fight is the big draw from an Irish perspective, there are plenty of mouth-watering events throughout the day.
McSharry’s race is not the only intriguing one in the swimming. Katie Ledecky, aiming for an eighth Olympic gold, is set to defend her 1500m freestyle title. That is one of five finals taking place in the sport this evening.
The men’s basketball may not be particularly competitive, but the LeBron James-led star-studded USA team are worth watching. They take on South Sudan in a Group C encounter at 8pm.
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What a waste of time. But im sure louth will have enjoyed the big day out in croke park eh
@Brian Dunne: The three provincial finals so far have been awful, hopefully Ulster is a bit better.
@Bert Carolan: Time to scrap them and run all-Ireland competitions a few weeks after the league end.
@Brian Dunne: ah now Brain nod say there’s a few of your i20’s lads would love a crack at Dublin for a Leinster title
@mainmsam: *id say
Gaelic football is a game that’s gone down the drain,between calling for a ‘mark’,handpassing,scoring by hand it’s just terrible to watch.not to take anything away from Dublin winning today,best of luck to them. I seen a few minutes of the game today and switched it off,I haven’t watched a game of Gaelic in years and won’t be watching anytime soon either.as a youngster watching on in the 80’s and 90’s it was a completely different game.can anything be done to save the game ?
@Jb Walshe: Yawn. Already been some brilliant games this year. That game was very 80s/90s esque as well. Stick to the hurling good man
@Jb Walshe: As you don’t watch gaelic football you probably didn’t watch the Ulster final today
Could have put those games on gaa go. See if anyone would watch them outside the 6 counties that played in those finals
What a competition
Utterly pointless game
Bit of silverware is a bit of silverware love to see it
Do people actually watch this?
@Donie Nagle: yes, probably a dub thing
@Donie Nagle: Yes
Them bloody Dubs are at it again…
Sam is homesick
Split Dublin in two
@KY22: and have an all Dublin Leinster final??
Louth goalkeeper was quoted by RTE commentator that he sees himself as outfield player first and a goalkeeper second well by golly that showed today. If your tge actual goalkeeper and perform like that you deserve everything you get. Maybe stick to been a keeper and you might actually be able to save something.
Levels.
Dublin will most likely reach an All Ireland quarter final and only have played one ( Roscommon) Division One team. I can see Dessie Farrell’s point, especially if Dublin come up against a more hardened team who have played competitive games.
I believe in a few years we will have the Provincial Championships in February before the League starts. They will become what the O’Byrne and McKenna Cups are now.
Also, the lopsided nature of Provincial Championships doesn’t allow the new format for the All Ireland series to be a true reflection of the top sixteen teams in the country.
@Gerry Thompson: no, they are too important to too many counties. Try telling Sligo, Clare, Louth or Armagh that they should be downgraded. Try telling Limerick from last year, tipp from a couple of years ago, Cavan etc. Even Roscommon, Meath, Derry, Monaghan, it’s their All Ireland ATM. It’s worth winning and more important than league or Tailteann Cup. Dublin and Kerry dominating their province is a necessary evil unfortunately but when someone does beat them in the Leinster final it will be huge for that county.
Time to put the Leinster and Munster football championships out to pasture. There hasn’t been a Connacht Hurling Championship since the mid 90s for the same reason. Dublin & Kerry pummelling all round them is a futile exercise.
@Colm: Tipp won Munster in 2020…..