The men’s Rugby Sevens team have beaten Portugal 24-0 today to advance to this evening’s final against Great Britain (8.35pm Irish time), where the winner will secure Olympic qualification. The game will be streamed live on EuropeanGames.TV which is accessible from the RTÉ.ie website and mobile channels.
“It’ll be a big few hours, a big night tonight with hopefully a big game,” said Ireland player Billy Dardis.
“We need to just try and recover now, focus, and get on task for this big one. There’s no motivation needed for a big Olympic qualifier so it’ll just be about getting our jobs right, getting our roles right and going out there to execute it.”
The winner will book a direct ticket to compete in the Paris Olympics next summer, the loser will go to a World Repecharge event for one final shot.
Elsewhere today at the European games Modern Pentathlete Sive Brassil just came up short in her quest to make the final, finishing her semi-final in 15th place.
Derry Triathlete Erin McConnell put in a strong performance to place 27th in the Women’s Individual Triathlon this morning in very challenging conditions.
In Fencing Ireland’s only competitor in the Men’s Epee; Giacomo Patrick Pietrobelli, exited the competition by the narrowest of margins in Table of 64, losing 15-14 to Jonathan Svensson of Sweden.
In Archery Ireland’s Emma Davis has exited the European Games after losing to Austrian Elisabeth Straka 6-0 in the Women’s Individual Recurve.
All six badminton players are in action throughout the day in the second of their group games. Mixed Doubles pairing of Joshua Magee and Moya Ryan got off to a winning start defeating Slovakia’s Dratva and Vargova 2-0.
In Boxing this evening Flyweight Daina Moorhouse, Featherweight Michaela Walsh, and Middleweight Aoife O’Rourke all contest their last 16 bouts.
