Ciara Mageean absence dampens mood but green shoots for Sarah Healy and Sophie O'Sullivan in the 1500 heats
"I didn't grow up playing camogie to get boxed in."
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"I didn't grow up playing camogie to get boxed in."
In its heyday on TV in the 1970s and 1980s, show jumping was big. Helped by a greater number of colour sets and stars like Harvey Smith, David Broome, Eddie Macken and Paul Darragh, along with coverage of the Horse of the Year Show and the Dublin Horse Show, the sport was very much mainstream.
Rhasidat Adeleke will have her work cut out for her to qualify for the women's 400m final, according to former Irish Olympian Rob Heffernan.
Sarah Healy and Sophie O'Sullivan both narrowly missed out on automatic qualification for the women's 1500m semi-finals at Paris 2024 with both Team Ireland athletes finishing just outside the coveted top six in their respective heats.
Former boxer Eric Donovan has warned that it would be "dangerous to underestimate" Kellie Harrington's opponent Wenlu Yang in their Olympic women's 60kg final.
Shane Sweetnam and Daniel Coyle both shone for Team Ireland as they finished among the top three on the board in the qualifiers for the Individual Show Jumping final at Paris 2024.
High up in the stands at the striking Stade d'eau vive Vaires-sur-Marne venue that is hosting canoeing events at Paris 2024, one of the parents of a pair of Team Ireland athletes was feeling both a sense of pride, excitement and nerves.
Kellie Harrington will fight to defend her gold medal at Paris 2024 after beating her Tokyo 2020 final opponent Beatriz Ferreira in the semi-final of the women's 60kg division.