The schedule for the fourth day includes several contests –
At 9.50am Irish time, Zoe Hyde & Alison Bergin will compete in the Women’s Double Sculls Rowing semi-final. Only the leading three will proceed to the final.
The Men’s Double Sculls Rowing semi-final will begin at 10.20 with Philip Doyle & Daire Lynch, where just the top trio will advance to the final.
At 10.30, Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe & Imogen Magner repeat the Women’s Four Rowing. The top two will qualify for the final.
Next, Jenny Lehane will fight Yuan Chang of China in the Women’s 54kg Boxing Round of 16 at 11.36.
Around noon, 12.15pm to be exact, the Men’s Hockey team will face India in Pool B. Following that, Abigail Lyle will compete in the Individual Dressage Grand Prix qualifier at 1.38.
At 2.00pm, Michaela Corcoran will participate in the Canoe Slalom Women’s C1 first run and Ireland will go up against France for the 5-8 placings in Women’s Rugby Sevens.
Later, at 3.00pm Noel Hendrick takes part in the Canoe Slalom Men’s K1 first run. The Men’s Skiff Race 7 in sailing follows, featuring Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove at 3.35.
Back to back, at 4.10pm, Michaela Corcoran will return for the Canoe Slalom Women’s C1 second run following which, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove will compete in the Men’s Skiff Race 8 in sailing.
The Women’s Singles Badminton match will take place at 4.30pm or later with Rachael Darragh taking on Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland.
At 5.10pm, Noel Hendrick will compete in the Canoe Slalom Men’s K1 second run and right after, at 5.19, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove will participate in the Men’s Skiff Race 9 in sailing.
Finally, the day will draw to a close with the Swimming Men’s 800m Freestyle final featuring Daniel Wiffen at 8.02.
In British Rowing, Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch are next to participate in men’s double sculls as Philip embarks on his second Olympic journey. Women’s double sculls saw Zoe Hyde from Tralee and Alison Bergin of Fermoy land a fifth place finish. The Irish boat lost pace after the initial 500 metres and struggled to contend, settling for fifth. New Zealand topped the event, with Netherlands in second place and France in third. Despite their lower finish, the Irish crew, who were world champions last year, had previously outperformed the victorious New Zealand and French boats. Hyde and Bergin also maintained their fifth position after 1,000 metres, with an aim to rank within the top three to reach the Olympic final.
In the Men’s skiff event at the Paris Olympic regatta in Marseilles, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove from Dublin sit in second place at the midpoint. Achieving strong positions in previous races positioned them as overall leaders before the final race of the day. They came in eighth in the third race, with light wind conditions, during which Isaac Kale McHardie and William McKenzie from New Zealand claimed their third race win, moving them into the overall lead. The Irish team now have a nine-point lead over the next placed crew – Spain’s Diego Botin le Chever and Florian Trittel Paul. Three more races are planned for the day.
On a slightly different note, Denis Walsh had a conversation with Finbarr Kirwan. Ian O’Riordan saw Mona McSharry earn a bronze medal, marking Ireland’s potential first of many in Paris. Ian O’Riordan, considered a lucky Olympic analyst, will return to the pool tonight to track Daniel Wiffen. He also evaluated Daniel’s chances before the final.
In a debut appearance at the Olympics, Badminton player Rachael Darragh from Donegal, will compete for the first time in Group L. Darragh faces Jenjira Stadelmann, a medal winner at last summer’s European Games. Darragh, currently ranked 82nd in the world, is the niece of three-times Olympian Chloe Magee.
Slalom canoeing teammates Michaela Corcoran and Noel Hendrick start their 2024 Olympic campaign after witnessing Liam Jegou secure an exceptional seventh-place finish in the C1 final yesterday. They will participate in the Men’s K1 and Women’s C1 first and second runs, respectively.
After losing to Belgium (2-0) and Australia (2-1), the Irish men’s hockey team has a game that is close to a must-win against the bronze-medallist team of India from Tokyo. The match is set to take place in the early afternoon. The team will have to replicate some of the finer aspects of their match against Australia, particularly the performance in the second quarter.
In the Equestrian arena, Abigail Lyle begins her maiden Olympic journey in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix, riding Giraldo at the beautiful Palace of Versailles. Lyle is the only dressage competitor representing Ireland and will aim to reach the Individual Final (Freestyle to Music).
Good morning, this is John O’Sullivan, refreshed and ready for action.
Following Mona McSharry’s historic bronze medal success last night, twice world champion Daniel Wiffen seeks his initial Olympic medal in the 800m freestyle final. Wiffen from Armagh is the quickest qualifier for the final, with a time of 7:41.53 from yesterday’s heats.
Three Irish rowing teams are set to compete in the morning, with hopes of reaching their respective finals. Both the men’s and women’s double teams must be amongst the top three finishers in their semi-finals, and a strong top-two finish is required for the women’s four team in their repechage event.
Malachy Clerkin reported, “Kicking off the day, Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin will compete in the women’s double sculls at 9.50 a.m. They will be followed by Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch in the men’s double sculls, who caught everyone’s attention during the heats with the most impressive performance from all Irish teams. Despite slowing down towards the end of the race, they still recorded the fastest time in their event, ensuring they didn’t exhaust themselves in the preliminary rounds.
In another development, Ashbourne-based primary school teacher and boxer, Jennifer Lehane, advanced to the last 16 in the 54kg division without fighting, courtesy of a bye. Today, she’s up against China’s Yuan Chang, a two-time Asian Games champion in the same division. Lehane, the first Irish female Olympian in the bantamweight class, has paused her teaching career to make her debut at the Games.
From yesterday’s 60kg matches that took place later in the day, Kellie Harrington now knows who her quarter-final opponent will be. She goes up against 2023 World silver medallist, Paola Angie Valdas Pana from Colombia, on Wednesday evening. Valdas Pana made it through after winning a split 3-2 decision against Donjeta Sadiku from Kosovo.”