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Olympics Podcast: Cruel defeat and the sweet science; plus golf preview

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A deflated Eric Donovan joins Mikey Stafford to discuss a mixed day in the ring for Ireland.Kellie Harrington's history-making guaranteed bronze was sandwiched between defeats for Jude Gallagher and Aoife O'Rourke.O'Rourke's defeat was a bit of a shocker but Eric says, while the referee was a little weak, Aoife will be hugely disappointed with how she allowed her Polish opponent, Elzbieta Wojcik, to dictate terms.Classy Harrington displayed a very different way to win and Eric believes the back-to-back Olympic medallist ranks among ireland's best ever amateur boxers.Earlier Mikey chatted to Gary Moran ahead of the start of the men's golf tournament, where Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy must be considered medal hopes.But, the question hasn't quite gone away, does golf belong in the Olympics? Listen to the RTÉ Olympics Podcast on the RTÉ Radio Player, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts We need your consent to load this rte-player content We use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.

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