Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 6 (2024)

Rowing

There was another medal for Ireland on Thursday morning with Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch earning bronze in the men’s double sculls.

It’s Team Ireland’s fourth finish in the medals so far in Paris, although the colour of Kellie Harrington’s is yet to be determined.

On the water, Doyle and Lynch came home in third behind Romania and the Netherlands, securing Ireland’s first heavyweight Olympic rowing medal.

Speaking after the medal ceremony, Doyle said: “I went to bed last night thinking we might win the thing to be honest but to be honest to come away with an Olympic medal you can never be disappointed.

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“I made a little mistake there at the end; bit of a neck injury seized up on me in the last 100 metres but it’s because we pushed the body to the limit; it shows that you’re at the limit and luckily we had enough work done that we could recover and then come across the line.”

But the word of the day? Phenomenal. “Phenomenal day, phenomenal course, great experience,” said Doyle.

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Earlier, Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin were in action in the women’s double sculls B final, with a fourth-place finish behind Australi, Czechia and the US, leaving them 10th overall.

And in the women’s four B final Ireland’s Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe and Imogen Magner finished first to take seventh overall.

Boxing

Jack Marley’s dream of bringing home a medal from his first Olympic games ended with a 4:1 defeat by Tajikistan’s Davlat Botaev in the 92kg quarter-finals. Despite his youth – the 21-year-old from Monkstown BC was the youngest in his entire heavyweight division in Paris – he gave everything he had against an Asian Games gold medallist who proved just too elusive.

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Earlier in the evening young Wicklow flyweight Daina Moorehouse looked particularly unlucky not to get the decision after making a super Olympic debut in the last 16 of the 50kg. The 22 year-old from Bray defied the baying, partisan crowd at the North Paris Arena by winning the first round (3:2) against French veteran Wassila Lkhadiri.

The Enniskerry BC fighter never took a backward step and was aggressive and accurate throughout against a much more experienced 28-year-old, yet the judges gave both the second and third rounds 4:1 to her opponent and the Frenchwoman won on a split 4:1 decision.

“When you’re getting beaten you feel you’re getting beaten, but I didn’t feel like I was losing,” Moorehouse said after losing to the woman who also beat her narrowly in the European Games last year.

Swimming

Tom Fannon had another impressive showing in the semi-final of the 50m Freestyle on Thursday at La Defense setting a second Irish Record to place fourth in his semi-final and tenth overall. The 26-year-old, who broke the existing Irish Record of 21.82 in this morning’s heats lowering it to 21.79, lowered that time once again to 2174, just missing out on the final by one tenth of a second.

Shane Ryan was named to compete in the eighth heat did not take to the starting block.

Hockey

There was another disappoint defeat for the Ireland men’s hockey team, with their fourth Pool B game against Argentina ending 2-1.

Tomas Domene struck first for the Argentine’s in the 17th minute, with Lee Cole providing Ireland’s response 10 minutes later.

But hope of a comeback quickly dwindled when Maico Casella Schuth struck back within a minute to make it 2-1 just before the midway point, which is how the scoreboard remained until the final buzzer.

Equestrian

The trio of Shane Sweetnam, Daniel Coyle and Cian O’Connor qualified sixth for the final of the team show jumping event at the Palace of Versailles.

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With 10 countries qualifying for Friday’s showdown, a total of nine faults for Ireland put them in the middle of the field, with only Germany managing to qualify without picking up a single penalty.

Golf

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry got their Olympic campaigns underway on Thursday, teeing off in the opening round of the men’s individual stroke play.

McIlroy was the first of the pair to tee-off, ultimately finishing three under with a round of 68.

Lowry finds himself further back the field on level par after shooting a round of 71. His round was disrupted when he was thru 17 with play briefly suspended due to lightning.

Sailing

The medal race of the Men’s Skiff, with Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove featuring, was abandoned twice today mid-way through both races in Marsielles due to light wind conditions. It has been rescheduled for tomorrow.

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Finn Lynch and Even McMahon both got their respective Dinghy Fleet Series’ underway today with a 9th in Race 1 and a 25th in race two for Lynch leaving him 16th overall. Making her Olympic debut McMahon was 8th in her first race before her second race was also abandoned for the day.

Canoe Slalom

There was disappointment for Noel Hendrick in the K1 semi-final, with his time of 102.46 putting him outside the qualifiers for the final.

Hendrick got into difficulty early in his run, almost capsizing but recovered well. However, the delay, coupled with two gate penalties saw an end to his competition, finishing 15th.

Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 6 (2024)

FAQs

What is the most successful sport in Ireland at the Olympic level? ›

Athletics has provided the most gold medals, with four.

How many medals has Ireland won in the 2024 Olympics? ›

Paris 2024: Daniel Wiffen brings Ireland's Olympic medal count to seven with bronze in 1,500m final – The Irish Times.

How many medals did Ireland win in Tokyo Olympics? ›

There are high hopes for athletics star Rhasidat Adeleke to also earn Ireland a medal for the 400m next week. At the last Olympics in Tokyo three years ago, Ireland won four medals – gold and bronze in boxing and rowing.

Who won the first gold medal for Ireland in the Olympics? ›

McClenaghan became Ireland's first Olympic medallist in artistic gymnastics and left Kurbanov taking silver, with American Stephen Nedoroscik 0.1 ahead of Whitlock - chasing a third successive Olympic title on the pommel horse - in bronze. "It feels like a dream," McClenaghan said.

What is Ireland number 1 sport? ›

Though it has existed for centuries in Ireland as Caid, Gaelic football was formally arranged into an organised playing code by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in the late nineteenth century. In terms of support and attendance, it is the most popular sport in Ireland.

Who is the best Irish Olympian? ›

Paul O'Donovan: Ireland's greatest ever Olympian still has more worlds to conquer – The Irish Times.

Has Ireland ever won an Olympic medal in gymnastics? ›

There was jubilation in Co Down after Rhys McClenaghan clinched Ireland's first ever Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. As McClenaghan, 25, took to the pommel horse at the Bercy Arena in Paris, back in his hometown of Newtownards a crowd of fans waited with bated breath until his perfectly executed dismount.

Has Ireland ever won a medal at the Winter Olympics? ›

For the Winter Games, athletes representing Ireland first competed at the XVI Olympic Winter Games Albertville 1992, taking part in the discipline of bobsleigh. No athlete representing Ireland has yet won an Olympic Winter Games medal of any colour.

Which country has won a medal at every Winter Olympics? ›

Six of these countries have won medals at every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States.

What has the USA won in the Olympics in 2024? ›

It was a Day 8 to remember for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Americans captured a whopping 18 medals across several different sports on Saturday. Those medal triumphs included five Olympic titles that were won by the likes of stars Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and Ryan Crouser.

Who won gold on bars in 2024? ›

In Sunday's competition at Bercy Arena in Paris, Lee finished behind the talented 17-year-old Kaylia Nemour of Algeria, whose score of 15.7 won her the gold. Qiu Qiyuan, also 17, of China scored 15.5 to win silver.

Who won the tennis Olympics in 2024? ›

It's one of the big events of the day here in Paris: the men's singles gold medal match between No.1 seed Novak Djokovic and 2024 French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz. This is a true heavyweight matchup between the two tennis stars, with Alcaraz, aged 21, still in the early stages of his career.

Who was the Irish swimmer who won gold? ›

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Daniel Wiffen emerges for breakfast each morning in the athletes' village and is swarmed by fellow Olympians and others eager for an autograph or photo. The Irish swimmer figures he has snapped some 500 of them in recent days since capturing gold in the 800-meter freestyle.

Who was the first man to win a gold medal? ›

On 6 April 1896, the American James Connolly won the triple jump to become the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years.

What sports is Ireland best at? ›

The main sport on a national level in Ireland is the national indigenous GAA games of hurling and Gaelic football which enjoy nationwide popularity ahead of rugby and soccer. Croke Park in Dublin is the historic home of Gaelic games in Ireland and hosts all major national competition finals.

What Olympic sports does Ireland compete in? ›

  • 3.1 Aquatics.
  • 3.2 Athletics.
  • 3.3 Badminton.
  • 3.4 Gymnastics. 3.4.1 Artistic gymnastics.
  • 3.5 Handball.
  • 3.6 Judo.
  • 3.7 Sailing.
  • 3.8 Shooting.

Why is Gaelic football so popular in Ireland? ›

Impact on Irish History: Beyond their sporting significance, hurling and Gaelic football hold immense cultural importance in Ireland. For centuries, these games have provided a means for the Irish people to assert their national identity, especially during times of adversity and cultural suppression.

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