Team Ireland Daily Diary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

[Cosmo Kramer 24]

That's Ireland at the Olympics, we've seen it all before. Get ready for a lot more of the same over the next two and a half weeks - with hopefully a few medals thrown in here and there as well to soften the blows of all the "could have been" medals that we'll inevitably miss out on.

[duineeile 5]

4 minutes ago, Cosmo Kramer said:

That's Ireland at the Olympics, we've seen it all before. Get ready for a lot more of the same over the next two and a half weeks - with hopefully a few medals thrown in here and there as well to soften the blows of all the "could have been" medals that we'll inevitably miss out on.

You always hope it will be different this time round though. And we never seem to pull those completely random unexpected medals out of the bag unlike other countries. But let's not be too negative, its a disappointing defeat but a lot of sport to happen the next couple of weeks and a lot more medal chances. The rugby lads gave it a great go but a bit of composure combined with a poor refereeing decision cost them I'm the end 

[Cosmo Kramer 24]

That's the thing, and I've been thinking about that as I've heard and seen a lot of people predicting 9 to 11 medals for us in these games. Not every medal we're fancied to win will come in, and we almost never seem to pick up any of the surprise ones that seem to inevitably find their way to the larger nations.

 

The only possible difference this time is that we're throwing more darts at the board than we've ever thrown before, so hopefully there will be an unexpected bullseye at some point in the next couple of weeks. The sevens wasn't it unfortunately.

 

The best thing about the Olympics though as a supporter (not for the unsuccessful competitors of course) is that you get over the disappointments a lot quicker as there's always another event coming up to take away your attention. We're competing in nine other sports on Saturday, so plenty to look forward to.

[dodge 1,024]

Two great choices for flag bearer

 

 

[dodge 1,024]

Big day tomorrow. We will already have a decent idea about a couple of our medal hopes 

[Cosmo Kramer 24]

Seriously impressive row from Doyle and Lynch to get us going. Already looking like strong medal contenders at a minimum.

[OlympicIRL 5,522]

One of Rhys’ main rivals for a medal in pommel, the Jordanian fell during his routine and won’t make the final with only 12.466.

[Cosmo Kramer 24]

The pommel terrifies me like no other Olympic event involving Irish competitors. Just need a nice, safe routine from McClenaghan later to get him through to his final.

Edited July 27 by Cosmo Kramer

[OlympicIRL 5,522]

33 minutes ago, Cosmo Kramer said:

The pommel terrifies me like no other Olympic event involving Irish competitors. Just need a nice, safe routine from McClenaghan later to get him through to his final.

Right? It’s even harder to watch than the nerve-wracking showjumping.

[Ogreman 355]

Whitlock 15.166 and Nedoroscik 15.200 will both be safely through.