Olympics latest: Another gold for O'Donovan and McCarthy, mixed relay team miss out on final
Skibbereen's Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy have won gold for Ireland in the men's double sculls.
O’Donovan of UCC Rowing Club and Fintan McCarthy of Skibbereen Rowing Club made history at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, where the pair won Ireland’s first ever rowing gold medal in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final, and now they have added another gold medal.
O’Donovan and McCarthy were commanding in their semi-final earlier in the week, hitting the front before halfway and controlling the race from there.
It means O'Donovan is the first Irish athlete to win medals at the three different Olympic Games.
They are also the final lightweight champions as this class will not be carried forward into future games.
Aoife Casey and Mags Cremen were fifth in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls,.
It was sixth for Fermanagh’s Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney in the Men’s Pair.
Luke McCann, Andrew Coscoran and Cathal Doyle will go in tomorrow's repechage for a chance to enter the 1500 metre semi finals.
Jodie McCann was 20th in her 5000-metres semi-final.
Eric Favors missed out on qualification for the Men’s Shot Put final.
His best throw of 19-point-zero-2 metres was almost 2-metres off a qualifying spot.
The 10-person Irish boxing team that travelled to Paris will return with only one medal.
Michaela Walsh became the latest Irish fighter to suffer a last-16 exit, beaten by unanimous decision by Bulgarian featherweight Svetlana Staneva.
Athletics
The 4-x-400 mixed relay Irish team missed out on the final as they finished fifth in the semi-final.
The Irish team comprised of Chris O’Donnell, Sophie Becker, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley.
The final is due on Saturday evening at 8:55pm Irish time.
Adeleke will begin her medal quest in the women’s 400m on Monday lunchtime - heats are due at 12.50pm Irish time - then Wednesday (semi-finals, 8.45pm) with a final on next Friday at 8pm.
Back to this weekend, and Friday’s opening athletics sessions will reach a thrilling crescendo with the first track final, the always fascinating men’s 10,000m showdown.
There’s a 1pm start to the Team Showjumping final, with Ireland having qualified in sixth.
Medals now appear a remote possibility for the Irish men’s golfers.
Rory McIlroy is six off the lead on 5-under, and Shane Lowry is level par after their second rounds.
Xander Shauffele, Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood jointly hold the clubhouse lead on 11-under par.
Ellen Walshe was seventh in her 200-metre Individual Medley semi-final, missing out on progress to the final.
She was 15th overall after this morning’s heats.
Noel Hendrick will go in race-3 of the Men’s Kayak Cross tomorrow, and Liam Jegou in race-7.
They were 14th and 17th respectively after today’s time trial section.
Madison Corcoran posted the 35th best time in the Women’s race