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Olympics: When do Daniel Wiffen and Rhasidat Adeleke compete on Friday?

The Paris Olympics are heading into the final straight and Team Ireland still has some medal hopes.

Swimmer Daniel Wiffen and sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke are competing in their final events on Friday and both could add to Ireland's record medal haul.

Here's the schedule for the Irish athletes on Friday.

Olympic 800m freestyle champion and 1,500m freestyle bronze medallist Daniel Wiffen takes on the gruelling marathon swim early on Friday morning.

Wiffen, who has never competed in an international open water race, will set another piece of Irish history as he becomes Ireland’s first ever competitor in marathon swimming at an Olympic Games.

The 10km route will be on a 1.67km loop (six loops) in the River Seine, the original venue for the swimming competition at the Games in 1924, between the Pont Alexandre III (where the boats started out for opening ceremony), and the Pont de l’Alma.

The beginning of each loop will be easier as the 31 swimmers entered will have the current on their side, but the return more arduous, as competitors battle against the tide.

The race kicks off at 6.30am Irish time and is expected to take just under two hours to complete.

Rhasidat Adeleke will be the first Irish woman to contest an Olympic 400m final on Friday night at the Stade de France in Paris.

The 21-year-old from Tallaght takes to the track at 7pm Irish time aiming to be in the mix, but the task ahead will be far from straightforward, with a particularly high calibre field vying for podium places.

Amongst them are reigning world champion and Tokyo silver medallist Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic) who won the second semi-final on Wednesday night by a distance.

The morning session on Friday also features several Irish athletes, with

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