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We’ll have our third swimmer tomorrow too

To be fair, the pressure they’re under to perform would cripple most normal folk. I don’t know if that is their issue, but either way good luck to all of them

We have our first swimmer. Ellen Walshe in the 200 IM

Is there no live timing at all? Just the results in PDF form after all the heats?

A big week ahead. I’m hopeful we’ll get 3/4 swimmers straight away at the world championship with Wiffen and McSharry likely to do it easily

Rowing is far from the exception to be fair. Cycling and athletics are both too. Hockey of course has had several individuals. Ulster Rowing has had far more GB rowers than Irish rowers too. Not a big deal for me. Individuals can make their own choices

Some others got the time in that same race too

Think too much is being made of Philipsen’s move. A normal racing move IMO. Biniam needs to be stronger there.

He had his best sprint in years. Just beaten by the best in the world Crazy commentary on Eurosport as Kirby didn’t seem to notice that Philipsen was in complete control

And a non traditional “time trial” start today. Odd stuff

Only looking at the men's but a repeat of the results at the 2022 World Championships would see the quota go to Sweden (12th) for K1 and Croatia (10th) for C1 Ireland is below them in the Euro ranks but finished ahead in the world ranks based on 2022 WC and 2023 EG K1 quotas for men; Czech, Switzerland, GB, Austria, Italy, China, Japan, Australia, Slovakia, Spain, France, Slovenia, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Sweden (EG) C1 quotas for me; GB, Spain, Czechia, Germany, Slovenia, France, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Ireland, Croatia (EG)

NOC ranking at the European Games. I expect most of these to qualify at the World Champs so the European games quota might go quite far down the list Men's K1 (Top 15 at the worlds) 1 Czech Republic 2 Switzerland 3 Great Britain 4 Austria 5 Italy 6 Slovakia 7 Spain 8 France 9 Slovenia 10 Germany 11 Poland 12 Sweden 13 Belgium 14 Ireland 15 Latvia 16 Kosovo Men's C1 (top 12 at WC) 1 Great Britain 2 Spain 3 Czechia 4 Germany 5 Slovenia 6 France 7 Poland 8 Slovakia 9 Italy 10 Croatia 11 Ireland 12 Netherlands 13 Portugal Women's C1 (Top 12) 1 Germany 2 Poland 3 Great Britain 4 Czechia 5 Slovakia 6 Slovenia 7 Italy 8 France 9 Andorra 10 Spain 11 Ukraine 12 Switzerland 13 Netherlands 14 Austria 15 Ireland 16 Croatia Women's k1 (Top 15) 1 Germany 2 Poland 3 Czech Republic 4 Slovenia 5 Austria 6 Great Britain 7 France 8 Andorra 9 Spain 10 Italy 11 Switzerland 12 Slovakia 13 Netherlands 14 Ukraine 15 Ireland 16 Croatia

Grand Tours need sprint stages too. They have to have everything. The giro showed you can have boring hilly and mountain stages too Very enjoyable racing this weekend though.

Kelly Harrington completes her set. She’s now won gold at Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships and now European Games Who knows what she might have won if she wasn’t ranked behind Katie Taylor for many years with Ireland A great champion for

Am I right in saying that the slalom canoe quota is awarded AFTER the world champs? So if the top five nations here also qualify at the world champs, then the 6th nation here gets the spot?

If it’s spelled traditionally - Siobhán Then the á is elongated So I’d pronounced that as Shiv-awn The same way Seán is shawn

My work colleague’s name is Aoibheann best of luck with that one 😀

Middleweight, not heavy weight, and she did get a “near” win. One judge giving her the final round over Aoife could have swung the fight They're two evenly matched boxers but I felt the decision was correct I am, of course, as biased as the Polish commentators

Always a danger but a great win for Jack Marley. Our first heavyweight Olympian since 1996 4 boxing quotas for Ireland so far. Only France and Turkey have more

Agreed. I’d have GBR as strong favourites. There’s just very little wriggle room for them now. They could conceivably lose to Canada/USA and Samoa (if they don’t win the Oceania qualifier) Sevens can throw up some very odd results

v It’s the final everyone expected. Gold medal and Olympic ticket at stake

Germany very unlucky with the draw it appears. Running Ireland and GB close Surprised to see Portugal beat Georgia so comprehensively

Yeah, quite a few boxers there who are already out

So even though there’s already been a very close decision for Italy over Ireland, you still bang the drum that Ireland gets lucky decisions and Italy doesn’t?

I really hope the 2 points she earned matter now. Well done to her