ATHLETICS

Tallaght sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke makes her Olympic debut on Monday morning in the heats of the Women’s 400m.

The Irish record holder in the event has been in sensational form this season, lowering her personal best to 49.07 to win a silver medal at the European Athletics Championships in Rome in June, while she also broke the Irish 100m record at the National Athletics Championships recently.

Adeleke will be in action in the final heat of the event at 11:35am and has the fastest personal best in the field. The top three athletes automatically advance to the semi-final with all remaining athletes heading to Tuesday morning’s repechage.

Directly before Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley will race in the penultimate heat, as she looks to replicate what she achieved in Budapest at the World Championships last summer by making another global semi-final.

The Tipperary star qualified for these Games individually by running a personal best of 50.72 in Poland in May to move second on the Irish All-Time List behind Adeleke. Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic) will be inside Mawdsley.

Competing in her second Olympic Games Sophie Becker will be first up for the Irish racing in the opening heat. The Wexford woman has, like her two compatriots, been in the form of her life this season but will face a stiff task to advance with five sub-51 second athletes in her race.

EQUESTRIAN

Ireland’s show jumpers get their individual jumping campaigns underway at the picturesque Palace of Versailles tomorrow, as they go in search of qualification for the individual final on Tuesday.

The trio of Shane Sweetnam with James Kann Cruz, Daniel Coyle with Legacy, and Cian O’Connor with Maurice, were in the medal hunt until late on in the team final and hopes will be high for individual success after the riders and horses have had some rest .

75 combinations are due to start tomorrow’s qualifying round, with 30 progressing through to the final on Tuesday, and all four of Ireland’s combinations, including Alternate Darragh Kenny with VDL Cartello, passed veterinary inspection.

SAILING

In the Men’s and Women’s Dinghy it’s the final day of racing in the ten race Fleet Series. Finn Lynch (National Yacht Club) and Eve McMahon (Howth Yacht Club) head into races 9 and 10 in Marseilles lying 10th and 14th overall respectively.

DIVING

Attention on aquatics moves from Paris La Defence to the brand-new Centre Aquatique; the only sports facility built on a permanent basis for the Games. Irish diver Ciara McGing will make her Olympic debut in the 10m Platform.

23-year-old McGing was a late qualifier for the Games, only finding out she had a qualification spot at the beginning of July, before that she made the Final at the European Aquatics Championships in June, placing eighth.

SCHEDULE DAY 10 – MONDAY 5TH AUGUST 2024

(All times are Irish times – Paris is one hour ahead)

9.00am Diving, 10m Platform preliminary, Ciara McGing (top 18 to s/f later)
10.55am Athletics, Women’s 400m, Round 1, Sophie Becker (first 3 to s/f, rest to repechage)
11.15am Sailing, Women’s Dinghy, Eve McMahon Race 9
11.27am Athletics, Women’s 400m, Round 1, Sharlene Mawdsley (first 3 to s/f, rest to repechage)
11.35am Athletics, Women’s 400m, Round 1, Rhasidat Adeleke (first 3 to s/f, rest to repechage)
12.23pm Sailing, Women’s Dinghy, Eve McMahon Race 10
1.00pm Equestrian, Show jumping, Individual Qualifier, Shane Sweetnan
1.00pm Equestrian, Show jumping, Individual Qualifier, Daniel Coyle
1.00pm Equestrian, Show jumping, Individual Qualifier, Cian O’Connor
1.40pm Sailing, Men’s Dinghy, Finn Lynch, Race 9
2.00pm Diving, 10m Platform, semi-final *dependent on progression
2.45pm Sailing, Men’s Dinghy, Finn Lynch, Race 10

 

 

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