ATHLETICS
Kate O’Connor is the sole Irish athlete in action at the Stade de France today. The 23-year-old Dundalk woman will make history as she becomes Ireland’s first ever heptathlete to compete at an Olympic Games.
The heptathlon comprises of seven events over a gruelling two days of competition. The order of heptathlon competition is 100m hurdles, high jump, shot, 200m, long jump, javelin and 800m, contested over two days.
Today’s schedule sees O’Connor start with the 100m Hurdles, before she takes on the High Jump. O’Connor ran her hurdles PB of 13:57 last year, and high jump is one of her better events, with a PB of 1.81m from 2019.
In the evening session she will first head to the Shot Put circle before concluding day one of her competition with the 200m. Her best shot put to date is 14.54m from 2021, and her best ever time over 200m is 24:73 seconds.
Last year O’Connor finished 13th in the event at the World Athletics Championships and she will be hoping to build on that performance in Paris.
GOLF
Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will both need rounds of note tomorrow to climb their way back up the leader board at Le Golf National, after disappointing opening rounds.
Cavan’s Maguire will be the first of the pair out tomorrow teeing off at 9.22am Irish time, with Stephanie Meadow from Antrim out at 9.55am.
TEAM IRELAND
For those who are in Paris, the Coronas are playing at O’Sullivans on the Mill, beside the Moulin Rouge which has been lively as the Team Ireland base throughout the games.
SCHEDULE DAY 13 – THURSDAY 8TH AUGUST 2024
(All times are Irish times – Paris is one hour ahead)
09:05 Athletics, Women’s Heptathlon, 100m hurdles, Kate O’Connor
09:22 Golf, Women’s Individual, Round 2, Stephanie Meadow
09:55 Golf, Women’s Individual, Round 2, Leona Maguire
10:05 Athletics, Women’s Heptathlon, High Jump, Kate O’Connor
18:35 Women’s Heptathlon, Shot Put, Kate O’Connor
19:55 Women’s Heptathlon, 200m, Kate O’Connor
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