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They might need to make a bumper double length edition of reeling in the years

Dickson and Waddilove hold 2nd after Race 9 in the 49er/Skiff. 3 points ahead of bronze. 11 behind gold. 12 ahead of 4th. 3 races to go plus the medal race. Form slipped a little today. Hopefully can pick it back up tomorrow. Great sailing so far!

McSharry on 🔥

I'm a bit confused by Shaunae Miller-Uibo's score/qualification. It looks like 2 of her counting scores are from August 2022 which looks like is outside the qualification period or am I wrong?

Ciara Mageean won't be running the 800m but has the standard. Will be focussed on the 1500m.

Mona McSharry made the 200m breaststroke in Canada. Swim Ireland on Twitter saying they’ll allow her compete in it because already had the 100m OQT. Not sure if this is a sign of bad news for Ryan.

And very impressively for Danielle over a second shaved off her national record. A massive drop.

Danielle Hill has just qualified in the 100m backstroke - 59.11 per Swim Ireland twitter

Not to overhype things this far out but Rhasidat’s wind assisted 10.84 100m beating Dina Asher Smith and Julien Alfred is really exciting and bodes well for speed over the 400. Here’s hoping the endurance is there too

Dare I say Faith Kipyegon

Canoe Ireland Selection

Men’s and Women’s 4x100m medley relay teams have qualified as of this morning’s heats at the World Champs! May beed another male swimmer to swim an OCT/OST to allow us accept the men’s quota though

Yep - can’t but feel for the guy

Rob Hendrick not selected for C1 Slalom for second consecutive games after again securing the spot at World Championships.

Great performances by both teams at the Perth 7s. Hopefully can develop some consistency over the season and translate it into a good performance in Paris! Definite medal contenders now in both - the draw will be vital.

Heartbreak for the women's team - had an amazing tournament. Fantastic to see the men's team qualify!

Half time in the Play-Off in Valencia 3-2 Too close to call.

Both men and women’s hockey teams 1 win (with 2 chances) away from Paris. Competition definitely tough but they have really been playing well so far in their tournaments. Fingers crossed to have the biggest ever Irish Olympic team!

Tournament 1 (Valencia, Spain) Day 2 Pool A 7-0 5-1 Pool B 2-2 2-0

Just to update this Women’s 200m Breaststroke Gold- Kate Douglass (2:19.30/AR) Silver- Lilly King (2:24.34) Bronze- Mona McSharry (2:25.84) Kate had an incredible swim but wasn’t quite so far ahead of her competitors!

Ranchi Results - Saturday, January 13th Pool A 3-0 2-0 Pool B 3-0 0-1 Stand out result being USA's shocking the hosts. Gives India a lot of work to do. Valencia pool B games pending.

After 2 Gold Fleet Races 67 Pts (90 Pts) 78 Pts (130 Pts) 104 Pts (150 Pts) 113 Pts (157 Pts) 119 Pts (150 Pts) 122 Pts (158 Pts) 123 Pts (160 Pts) Already qualified via Continental competition -------------------------- 126 Pts (157 Pts) 129 Pts (170 Pts) Already qualified via Continental competition 137 Pts (178 Pts) Ireland were back racing for race 2 of the day

After 4 Races (total with discard in brackets) 27 Pts (46 Pts) 29 Pts (48 Pts) 42 Pts (71 Pts) 42 Pts (66 Pts) 49 Pts (89 Pts) 51 Pts (80 Pts) 54 Pts (91 Pts) ------------------------- 55 Pts (78 Pts) 67 Pts (109 Pts) 71 Pts (101 Pts) 75 Pts (127 Pts) 80 Pts (125 Pts) 82 Pts (126 Pts) 82 Pts (122 Pts) 93 Pts (136 Pts) 106 Pts (143 Pts) 111 Pts (157 Pts) 113 Pts (155 Pts) 120 Pts (169 Pts) 123 Pts (168 Pts) 127 Pts (171 Pts) 140 Pts (189 Pts) Croatia and Bulgaria move up into qualifying positions, Romania and Hong Kong move out. Remainder hold onto them. Still lots to sail for. Of the continental qualifiers, it looks like Mexico may just knock Bulgaria down if remains as is. 53 Pts (88 Pts) 66 Pts (99 Pts) 71 Pts (107 Pts) 85 Pts (124 Pts) 96 Pts (141 Pts) 131 Pts (180 Pts)

Would love to see Ciara win a well deserved medal in the 1500m. Definitely would be an emotional medal for Ireland - but equally every Olympic medal is emotional for us because they are so scarce!