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Well if he was a legitimate medal contender, he'd have finished in the top 10 at the worlds and qualified that way.  It's not that big a deal IMO 

Exact. Clean and clear

The team pursuit rankings are here
 
 was 90 points behind  
 
 

Really great start to the competition for  with Shannon McCurley winning silver in the scratch 
 
only our 4th medal at the European elite track championships!

Because he’s an Irish citizen 
 
I won’t be getting into the politics of Northern Ireland but people from NI are free to represent either Ireland or Britain. The majority of athletes in the majority of sports from NI represent Ireland 
 
Many of the sporting federations cover both sides of the border. Irish Boxing, for example, has had multiple medalists from Belfast. Football (soccer) is the only sport that isn’t run on all-island basis
 
 

Huge day for  Irish gymnastics
 
First world finalist
first world medal
first Irish born gymnast to qualify for Olympics 
 
Roll on tokyo 

I have no words, Ibrahim Colak was my school-mate in the middle school, he was such a nice and humble guy, 5 years ago we could not imageine a world medal in gymnastics. He came 5th back in 2017 but last year he could not get into the final. I was not expecting this result, incredible. I am very happy for our medal but as a person who knows him I am very happy because I know that he really deserves this. 
 
I hope he can win a medal next year in the olympics. He already has written history for Turkey, why not expand the history.

Huge day for  Irish gymnastics
 
First world finalist
first world medal
first Irish born gymnast to qualify for Olympics 
 
Roll on tokyo 

Huge weekend for Irish qualification and for Irish medal hopes
 
The Irish show jumping team is joined by pommel horse king Rhys McClenaghan
 
 

I see this hasn't been updated in a while so allow me to share the current state of play
 
As of 4 October 2019...
 
21 quotas earned in 6 different sports
 
Sports with quotas earned in alphabetical order:
 
Athletics
 
Ciara Mageean (1,500m) Alex Wright (20k walk) Brendan Boyce (50k walk)  
Others that would get place by virtue of their ranking would be Thomas Barr, Mark English and Phil Healy. Of the highly rated juniors high jumper Sommer Lecky and heptathlete Kate O'Connor have the best chance of making the early step up.
 
Canoeing - Slalom
 
boat (men's C1)  
Ireland are unlikely to qualify any more boats in canoeing with our best sprint canoeist being Jenny Egan who specialises in longer (non-Olympic) distances
 
 
Equestrian
 
Eventing (team with 3 individuals) Dressage(team with 3 individuals)  
The eventing team won silver at last world champs and individual medalists in last Worlds and Europeans mean they are serious Olympic medal contenders. The first Irish dressage team was a nice surprise. The show jumping team can win medals, but they need the final qualifying spot this weekend to make it after 7th place finishes in the world and euro champs.
 
 
Modern Pentathlon
 
Natalya Coyle  
Natalya will be hoping for her third top 10 placing in the Olympics in Tokyo. Arthur Lannigan O'Keefe could medal if everything goes right but he struggled with injuries. He needs to have a great start to 2020 to shoot up the rankings.
 
Rowing
 
w1x w2- m2x lm2x  
Whoever is with Paul O'Donovan in the lightweight double sculls will be a medal favourite in Tokyo. Paul has won the last two world championships, one with his Rio medal winning brother Gary and the other with newcomer Fintan McCarthy. Sanita Puspure is double world champion and only injury or horrendoes luck will stop her from medaling in Tokyo. The mens double won silver this year and are improving all the time. Ireland will try and qualify a womens 4 next year 
 
Sailing
 
Laser Radial  
Aisling Kelleher won the quota but Rio medalist Annalise Murphy has dropped her 49er FX plans to try and get in the Radial boat for Tokyo. The 49er crew have a good chance of qualifying in December and we might sneak in a Laser quota too next year with most European countries already in.
 
Swimming
 
Darragh Greene (100m, 200m breast) Shane Ryan (100m back)  
Irish swimming is one of the only sports that have stricted rules than the IOC for qualifying so neither of thes may actually go. Greene achieved his time at the worlds so has to get close to it at the irish nationals in 2020 to validate it. Everyone else, including Ryan, has to earn the OQT at the irish nationals. Brendan Hyland and Mona Mcsharry look the two most likely to add to the team in individual events but iris swimmimg is aiming to bring a 4x100m medley relay team and is currently OK in the ranks
 
 
Likely/possible quotas in these sports
 
Badminton
Nhat Nguyen is currently in a rankings spot. The mixed doubles of Sam and Chloe Magee are also in a spot, but their quota is far less secured.
 
Boxing
Traditionally our strongest Olympic sport. Ireland will eb hoping to have at least 8 of the 13 quotas available next year. Our womens team is particularly strong and they'll hope to win 2/3 medals next year.
 
Cycling
We're very likely to qualify 3 for the mens road race 9with one of them also in the ITT). On the track we should qualify at least 2 women (madison rankings) and maybe one man (omnium).
 
Diving
Oliver Dingley and Clare Cryan have hopes for next year through the world cup series. Dingley should be OK
 
Field Hockey
Both mens and womens team face Canada ine 3/4 weeks time in the play offs. The World Cup runner up women are at home and hopefully qualify for their first ever olympics!
 
Golf
Ireland will qualify 4 for golf next year with McIlroy and Lowry being medal contenders on their day in the mens.
 
Gymnastics
On this weekend, with luck Emma Slevin and Andrew Steele may qualify for all around (need luck though!). Rhys McClenaghan is a medal contender if he qualifies in pommel!
 
Judo
We currently have 3 judoka in ranking positions; Ben Fletcher, Megan Fletcher and Nathan Burns
 
Taekwondo
Jack Wooley is top 8 ranked in the minimum weight and should be OK to amek his first games with average luck.
 
Triathlon
Russell White and Carolyn Hayes are our best hope of qualifying for Tokyo and both are just inside the quota spots at the moment.  Hayes was 6th at the European Championships in May and is a relative newcomer to the sport. She'll easily shoot up the rankings list with performances like that. The ranking period ends in May 2020.
 
It's unlikely we'll have qualifiers in  other sports but  maybe the rugby sevens team can surprise us or someone new comes along next year!
 
 
 
 
 

Yesss! So happy for Ireland. 
 
Finally they turned up when the pressure was was on 

15.2 for Rhys McClenaghan!!
 
He’ll easily make the final and looks on course for a medal and an Olympic quota!

That's dependent on if snow exists by 2030

Hi folks,
 
Irish man here. Been tracking our qualification and medal hopes for about 3/4 games now. Only discovered this place recently and have lurked for a couple of weeks.  Hoping to contribute as Tokyo approaches
 

Hi folks,
 
Irish man here. Been tracking our qualification and medal hopes for about 3/4 games now. Only discovered this place recently and have lurked for a couple of weeks.  Hoping to contribute as Tokyo approaches
 

Sorry, I knew that. I just meant their performances before today didn't lead me to believe they were contenders for the quota. I thought it was a 3 way fight between Ireland, Italy and Spain
 
Colombia are very much in that fight now.

Hi folks,
 
Irish man here. Been tracking our qualification and medal hopes for about 3/4 games now. Only discovered this place recently and have lurked for a couple of weeks.  Hoping to contribute as Tokyo approaches
 

Hi folks,
 
Irish man here. Been tracking our qualification and medal hopes for about 3/4 games now. Only discovered this place recently and have lurked for a couple of weeks.  Hoping to contribute as Tokyo approaches
 

While they may well finish 3rd of the 3, the only thing that matters today is qualifying for the top 8