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Team Ireland Daily Diary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games


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3 minutes ago, Cosmo Kramer said:

Fourth going into the last round in the jumping. Need a clear round and a bit of luck.

You know what will happening. Time penalty will leave us 4th. I’m turning off TV and going to go to pub

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28 minutes ago, Oldira said:

You know what will happening. Time penalty will leave us 4th. I’m turning off TV and going to go to pub

That would have been an improvement on what actually happened.

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10 minutes ago, Cosmo Kramer said:

A clear round would, of course, have won us a medal.

 

On the bright side, it's boxing up next...

The British win again. How the hell  do they do it? 7th of 9 in the final is pretty shite. 

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3 minutes ago, Oldira said:

The British win again. How the hell  do they do it? 7th of 9 in the final is pretty shite. 

They have tradition on their side and been there and done it all before. Ireland has a significant monkey on the back in that they’ve never won a medal in team equestrian before and only won medal in total over the years. Once a breakthrough is made you’d be surprised how many successes follow but we have yet to make that breakthrough and it’s stifling. The shackles are off for the other nations. That’s my take on it anyway. 

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3 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

They have tradition on their side and been there and done it all before. Ireland has a significant monkey on the back in that they’ve never won a medal in team equestrian before and only won medal in total over the years. Once a breakthrough is made you’d be surprised how many successes follow but we have yet to make that breakthrough and it’s stifling. The shackles are off for the other nations. That’s my take on it anyway. 

Yeah it really reminds me a lot of the GAA where the traditional teams often find a way to win, and often get the benefit of decisions at crucial moments, to actually win they need to be a lot better to scrape out a victory. Then the fact the Olympics only comes around once every 4 years, it gets magnified. I wasn't confident on O'Connor, he was selected for his vast experience obviously, but it appears he doesn't have as good a horse as at previous Olympics. Hopefully Coyle can do something in the individual but it will be extremely difficult and we rarely seem to get the rub of the green in these things

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3 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

They have tradition on their side and been there and done it all before. Ireland has a significant monkey on the back in that they’ve never won a medal in team equestrian before and only won medal in total over the years. Once a breakthrough is made you’d be surprised how many successes follow but we have yet to make that breakthrough and it’s stifling. The shackles are off for the other nations. That’s my take on it anyway. 

I think we just bottle it. We just dont get enough clear rounds in the big competitions. Some of the other competitors seemed to soar over tbe fences with a foot to spare.

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