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Irish Olympics update

Jul 26, 2021 08:11
By radiokerrysport
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Irish Olympics update

There was disappointment for Michaela Walsh in Tokyo after she bowed out in the last 16 of the featherweight division.

Walsh lost to Italy's Irma Testa on a unanimous decsion in Tokyo

Brendan Irvine was beaten by Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the last 32 of the men's flyweight division.

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The Belfast boxer was on the wrong end of a 4-1 split decision.

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Mona McSharry qualified for the final of the 100metre breaststroke with a fourth place finish in her semi final

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The 20 year-old from Sligo qualified in eighth overall and become only the second Irish swimmer ever to make an Olympic final.

McSharry clocked a time of 1 minute 6.59 seconds to advance to tomorrow's final.

Ellen Walshe goes in the women's 200 metre individual medley just before 12, while Brendan Hyland is in action just before that in the Men's 200 metre butterfly.

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Rio silver medalist Annalise Murphy has finished 24th in race 3 of the Laser Radial in Sailing

Murphy will be back in action shortly in race four.

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Liam Jegou missed out on a place in the final of the canoe slalom - he finished last of 15 in the semi-finals after he was penalised for missing two gates.

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In hockey, the Ireland women's team were beaten 4-nil by the Netherlands in their second match of the tournament.

The Dutch scored three times in the final quarter - Ireland's next game is against Germany on Wednesday.

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Ireland started their Rugby Sevens Pool C campaign with a 33-14 defeat to South Africa.

Anthony Eddy's men will look to bounce back later when they face the USA at 10.30 this morning.

The USA beat Kenya 19-14 in the pool's other game.

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Ireland's Russell White finished 48th in the Triathlon final, 9 minutes and 36 seconds behind the winner Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway.

White crossed the line in a time of 1 hour 54 minutes and 40 seconds in his first Olympic Games.

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In Badminton, Nhat Nguyen will be in action at 11.20 in his opening singles match in Group F.

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