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Retired in the cross country. Shame

Is that 5 eliminations already? That’s a lot with nearly 3/4 of the field to go Six now!

A solid day two for after a brutal day one. They’ve at least pulled themselves somewhat into contention for the final Olympic spots

Yeah. Covid and crashes really didn’t help the Vuelta. Shame but I think the best rider won GC

First time Irish TV has covered sevens outside of the Olympics…

The rowing squad for the world championships has been announced. 13 crews including 3 in the heavyweight mens when none went to the Europeans. Biggest news is Lambe, Keogh, Murtagh and Hegarty being reunited in the women's four. Hanlon and Long move into the pair. Cremen and Casey reunited in the lightweight double too Obviously McCarthy and O'Donovan will be expecting gold again

The Irish Team has been named. They won silver last time out but that was a bit of an outlier in terms of global results. They're usually in the 5-10 range https://www.horsesportireland.ie/124955-2/ Susie Berry with Monbeg By Design (ISH) [was Eskerhills Elixir] – 2012 gelding by Pacino (BWP) out of Eskerhills Lexis [ISH] by Puissance (ISH)[TIH]. Breeder: Fiona Molloy (Offaly). Owner: Helen Caton. Groom: Crisy Salmon Padraig McCarthy with Fallulah (WESTF) – 2009 brown mare by Fidertanz 2 out of Devona by Di Versace. Bred by: Michael Norris, Owner: Amanda and Nicholas Boyle, Diane Brunsden, Peter Cattel and Padraig McCarthy. Groom: Jess Elliott Joseph Murphy with Calmaro (BRAND) 2011 grey gelding by Carpalano out of Unknown. Owner: Claire Mayne, Charlie Mayne, Richard Ames and Annette O’Callaghan. Groom: Ryan Hopper Austin O’Connor with Colorado Blue (SHBGB) – 2009 grey gelding by Jaguar Mail out of Rock Me Baby by Rock Kind. Bred by Mellon Stud, Owner Austin O’Connor and The Salty Syndicate Groom: Francesca Denning Sam Watson with SAP Talisman (ISH) – 2011 bay gelding by Puissance (ISH) out of Ali Row (TB) by All Royal (TB). Breeder: Rosemary Ponsonby. Owner: Hannah Watson and Julia Watson. Groom: Hannah Watson Non-travelling Reserves: Felicity Ward with Regal Bounty (ISH) – 2011 black gelding by Orestus VDL (KWPN) out of Edge of Reason (ISH) by Senang Hati (TB). Breeder: Miriam De Feu. Owner: James O’Callaghan Michael Ryan with Barnahown Corn Hill (ISH) – 2011 brown gelding by Chinook Eclipse (TB) (USA) and out of Mats Lady (UNK). Bred by Michael Lynch Co Cork. Owners: Carol and Tom Henry

Ben Fletcher has announced his retirement

Even without Hockey and Rugby, Tokyo would have been our biggest team. I'm confident we'll match that number.

After tonight, I wouldn’t rule out a medal for Adeleke. I’ve always tried to dampen some expectations others had for her but time at 19 is as good as every other world class 400m runner

On the rowing... Philip Doyle posted on his instagram that he's in a pre-Worlds training camp in Italy so it'll be interesting to see what kind of team we send there. The women's 6 (4+2) are definitely in Italy too

2 years out, here's some sport by sports thoughts Rowing - Obviously in good shape. The lightweight double are amazing. Seems like Fintan has got stronger. The women's lightweight have changed and they seem to have improved. Still young but might be too early to call them medal contenders. The womens four and the womens pair will need to be sorted in terms of boat make up but I'd expect both to qualify easily. Women's double is a bit more up in the air as Sanita is getting on and doesn't seem to stay fit. Would be amazing to get that 8 in! We've a very good young nucleus on the men's side but Paris might be a bit away. The double of Byrne and Doyle has been split up with Doyle going solo for now. Corrigan added to Byrne but none of them selected for the Europeans so obviously work to do there Boxing - The big decision is whether Kellie Harrington or Amy broadhurst gets the 60kg spot. I'd expect qualifiers at most womens weights and if Lisa O'Rourke continues to develop, she'll be a medal favourite. Others like Michaela Walshe will need a bit of luck with the draw etc. AIdan got that luck in Tokyo but looked great at recent commonwealths. The men's team is in the early stages of reinventing itself but young talents like Jude gallagher, Dylan Eagleson, Gabriel Dossen, Jack Marley and Dean Clancy are all exciting Athletics - Obviously Adeleke is our most exciting talent in years. Remains to be seen if she can medal on the world stage but great to have her competitive at such a young age. She'll still only be 21 in Paris! We'll have roughly the same qualifiers as always and very few chances of reaching a final, never mind a medal. They've been smart to target relays so hopefully that continues Equestrian - The show jumping are definitely world class. But we all know how tricky that sport can be to get right on the day/days. 3 day eventing always out performs the showjumpers but only really Cathal Daniels can be considered world class with Rioghan Rua. We might have one in dressage too Swimming. We actually have 3 world class swimmers now in McSharry, Walshe and Wiffen. Likely no medals but there's definitely finals potential there. Again, we'll see how they attack relay qualification for Paris Sailing - Eve McMahon and Finn Lynch have both have outstanding results in the single seater boats over last 18 months with McMahon being by far the best young sailor in the world. Paris might be too soon for her. Waddilove and Dickson may be medal contendors Cycling - the road race may be a lottery but we have quality riders and should qualify 4. Alice Sharpe might even qualify on the road for the women. The womens team pursuit should qualify giving us a chance in the crazy madison too. Hopefully we get the solo omnium spot too for a team of 5. Looks like JB Murphy is the only track man at the moment Golf - We'll qualify 4 and have chances with Maguire and whoever the men are Taekwondo - Jack should qualify but he rarely makes medal matches at the very top Gymnastics - Fingers crossed for Rhys and we'll likely have a woman in too Canoeing - I expect us to qualify in the C1, could be any of Jegou, Hendrick or Cochrane. Badminton - Nhat Nguyen will qualify Shooting - Maybe Aoife Gormally will continue to improve. Ian O'Sullivan looks to have lost all form Triathlon - Carolyn Hayes hasn't competed since Tokyo. Hopefully she's back at it soon. The men look way off the standard required Modern Pentathlon - Coyle isn't officially retired but hasn't competed since Tokyo. Brisell might qualify but wouldn't be guaranteed Judo - Ben Fletcher is another who hasn't competed. Without him we likely won't have a qualifier In the team sports, the hockey women are in a bit of a post Tokyo lull. Both they and the men need to improve. The rugby 7s teams both look to have stepped up and we might qualify in both this time. The women look much stronger than previous years. The men's football team aren't ruled out yet either....

Brilliant night of athletics. Delighted for Israel Olatunde but the womens 100m was sensational great races > super fast times

It came from Czechia when they officially changed the name of the country. It’s nothing to do with short attention spans FWIW you can check out all the official names here Hello from Ireland, not the Republic of Ireland

Sure I understand that some European championships have always done it (boxing is another individual sport for example), I was just asking as others have said this is a ‘uniformed’ games (medal counts across all sports etc) Table tennis using England is an example that they’re not uniform in everything…

Funny seeing table tennis include England and not GB considering they're all supposed to be treated the same. Any other sports?

Have the GB team pulled out? Maybe Covid? Seem to be a lot of DNS today? (Admittedly I haven’t really been paying attention) EDIT: Never mind. They’re back in action

Scratch is one the races absolutely effected by the short track. Much easier to get a lap

Ireland hasn’t competed in LW4 in about a decade

Yeah, TV graphics were awful. I needed the longines timing site open

It’s all about funding. The national federations have to focus everything on the Olympics to justify the grants they receive The singles is used as a rep for the third choice double sculler but the pairs and fours that used to have quite a few entries are now effectively done

And we were missing one of our best horses. Less than a second off a medal 2 years away from the Olympics is very encouraging

going to the Olympics at first time of asking Unreal

Byrne and Corrigan were on the long list. Didn't get selected. Philip Doyle was on the long list for the single

They haven't said what the "illness" was. In better news, every other Irish crew has made the A final