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Day -1 Thursday 25th July TIME IrishSummer Time (GMT +1) SPORT EVENT DETAILS NOTES ATHLETE 15:30 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Preliminary Round, Group A vs Ireland Men 19:00 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament 9th-12th Places Semifinals, Pairing 1/2 vs Ireland Men 19:30 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament 9th-12th Places Semifinals, Pairing 1/2 vs Ireland Men 20:00 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Quarterfinals, Pairing 1/4 vs Ireland Men 20:30 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Quarterfinals, Pairing 2/4 vs Ireland Men 21:00 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Quarterfinals, Pairing 3/4 vs Ireland Men 21:30 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Quarterfinals, Pairing 4/4 vs Ireland Men

Day -2 Wednesday 24th July TIME IrishSummer Time (GMT +1) SPORT EVENT DETAILS NOTES ATHLETE 16:30 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Preliminary Round, Group A vs Ireland Men 20:00 Men's Rugby Sevens Tournament Preliminary Round, Group A vs Ireland Men

This thread will contain the full schedule for all of the Team Ireland in action at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Day -2: Wednesday 24th July Day -1: Thursday 25th July Day 0: Friday 26th July Day 1: Saturday 27th July Day 2: Sunday 28th July Day 3: Monday 29th July Day 4: Tuesday 30th July Day 5: Wednesday 31st July Day 6: Thursday 1st August Day 7: Friday 2nd August Day 8: Saturday 3rd August Day 9: Sunday 4th August Day 10: Monday 5th August Day 11: Tuesday 6th August Day 12: Wednesday 7th August Day 13: Thursday 8th August Day 14: Friday 9th August Day 15: Saturday 10th August Day 16: Sunday 11th August

It would be utterly bizarre if that turned out to be the case and given Swim Ireland's strange decisions in the past, at this point who knows. But let's see when we get more info about the invited swimmers.

Presumably yes as Swim Ireland said they would be inclined to accept OCT invites given the high level needed to actually achieve those standards.

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It's always interesting to look at the Olympic schedule and forecast when your nation's big medal chances will be. Will they be early in the program, in the final days, or will they be spread out over the course of the 16 days of medal winning action (the dream scenario )? Here is the link to the day-to-day schedule to help with your forecast: https://totallympics.com/qualification-tracker/paris-2024/schedule-by-day/ When is the first realistic medal chance of the Games for your nation? When do you think your nation will get their first medal and in which event? Is there a bumper day for your nation where you expect more than one or a few medals to come? If so, what day? Is there a day when you expect to have not so much competitors from your nation competing or no chances for medals?

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I don’t mind them being biased in terms of being super happy with their athletes when they do well and even replaying it and wallowing in the victory for a while (within reason). But those BBC gymnastics commentators come across as the worst form of smugness and triumphalism and even go as far as cheering when another gymnast fails when it suits them. So unprofessional and just downright annoying.

Not at all. They are annoying across the board in gymnastics

The British gymnastics team and not because I dislike any of them on an individual level. But can’t stand the BBC commentary when it comes to covering it. And yes I can and do watch on other channels but still the thought of Matt Baker and co drooling over their own while actively cheering against the competition makes me want any result that will keep them in their box

Jodie McCann's potential Olympic invite is edging closer now. Canada's Briana Scott has just received her invite and she is 2 places ahead of Jodie in the Road to Paris ranking. It's expected she will receive an invite after the reallocation process but it'll be great to see if confirmed, hopefully soon. https://athletics.ca/blog/2024/07/05/team-canadas-athletics-squad-grows-ahead-of-paris-2024/

Loving the optimism there from the Ghanaian federation

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So far Ireland has a team of 131 athletes with potential to add another couple in athletics also. It already surpasses Tokyo 2020 (116 athletes) as the biggest Irish team in Olympic history: IRELAND 131 Total Athletes 69 Men 62 Women 75 Total Events 16 Total Sports

Great to see McGing making the team, nice surprise

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The track cycling team has been confirmed: https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/irish-cycling-kit-first-confirmed-riders-revealed-for-paris-olympics/

That would be amazing news! Here’s hoping all the necessary scenarios fall into place. Please keep us informed as soon as you hear anything

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They won't be allowed home at this rate

I have just landed a new job and negotiated a start date of August 12th, the day after the Olympics end . My official notice period at my current employer is July 19th, however, I am using my accumulated holidays so I can finish much earlier and my final day instead will be next Thursday, July 4th. This gives me a 5 week break so I get to enjoy the Olympics in full and have a nice summer holiday which I am really looking forward to. I'm actually planning to travel to Austria, Switzerland and Germany and then to make my way by train to Paris for the Olympics. My schedule is as follows: Day -2: Wednesday 24th July: 21:00 - 23:00 Men's Football - Parc des Princes Day -1: Thursday 25th July: 14:00 - 17:00 Men's Rugby Sevens - Stade de France, Pool Matches 20:00 - 23:00 Men's Rugby Sevens - Stade de France, Quarter-Finals Day 0: Friday 26th July: Will try to explore locality near my accommodation and watch the ceremony from the TV in the apartment (with lots of snacks ). Day 1: Saturday 27th July: 14:30 - 20:45 Men's Rugby Sevens - Stade de France, Semi-Finals and Medal Matches Day 2: Sunday 28th July: 09:00 - 13:10 Rowing and Hospitality package 19:30 - 23:00 Badminton Will likely attend Paris Clubhouse at some point Day 3: Monday 29th July: 09:30 - 11:05 Archery - Men's Team Round of 16 I plan to travel home then and enjoy many days of watching Olympic action on TV In terms of who I will be supporting apart from the Irish team: (mainly Iraqi footballers) and any underdogs

Nicola Tuthill win's the women's hammer title at the National Championships with a decent throw of 68.54m. By my calculations, that worth 1170 points in the Road to Paris rankings which would provisionally move her up from 31st to 29th on the rankings list. Still results to come from other national champs across the globe but this is looking promising

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