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Irish Olympic results Aug 1
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Irish Olympic results Aug 1

Results: Day 8: Saturday

Athletics

  • Men’s 1500m:
    • Cathal Doyle: Repechage 1, 1st place in 3:34.93, advances to semi-final today.
    • Luke McCann: Repechage 1, 7th place in 3:36.50, does not advance to semi-finals.
    • Andrew Coscoran: Repechage 2, 12th place in 3:39.45, does not advance to semi-finals.

Boxing

  • Women’s 60 kg Lightweight Semi-final:
    • Kellie Harrington: Defeats Beatriz Ferreira (BRA) 4-1 and advances to final on Tuesday.

Canoeing

  • Women’s Kayak Cross, Round 1:
    • Madison Corcoran: Advances to repechage, then to heats today.
  • Men’s Kayak Cross, Round 1:
    • Noel Hendrick and Liam Jegou: Both advance to repechage, then to heats today.

Cycling

  • Men’s Road Race:
    • Ben Healy: 10th place in 6:20.54.
    • Ryan Mullen: 60th place in 6:36.31.

Golf

  • Men’s Individual, Round 3:
    • Shane Lowry: Round of 66, five-under for the tournament, tied 23rd.
    • Rory McIlroy: Round of 66, ten-under for the tournament, tied 6th.

Gymnastics

  • Men’s Pommel Horse Final:
    • Rhys McClenaghan: Gold Medal with a score of 15.533.

Sailing

  • Women’s Dinghy:
    • Eve McMahon: 22nd in Race 4, 34th in Race 5, 13th in Race 6, lying 17th overall.
  • Men’s Dinghy:
    • Finn Lynch: 12th in Race 5, 7th in Race 6, lying 15th overall.

Swimming

  • Women’s 50m Freestyle Heats:
    • Danielle Hill: 8th place in heats with a time of 25.02, 21st overall, does not advance to the semi-finals.
  • Men’s 1500m Freestyle Heats:
    • Daniel Wiffen: 1st place in heat with a time of 4:41.34 advances to the final today.
  • Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay:
    • 6th place in heats with a time of 3:33.81 (new NR), 11th overall, does not advance to the final.
  • Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay:
    • 6th place in heats with a time of 4:00.12 (new NR), 11th overall, does not advance to the final.