Olympics Paris 2024

[Truthsayer]

Looking ominous for Michaela Walsh.. Bulgarian better boxer.. just end of Round 1 but...

[Pub Bore]

Poor from Walsh, was never really in the fight.  Of the 10 Irish boxers, 8 lost in the first round.

[Truthsayer]

Michaela Walsh beat. No complaints better boxer won. 9 out of 10 Irish boxers gone (albeit 2 were very dubious judging). Just Kelly Harrington left... has at least a bronze.

[imtommygunn]

It's like saying a basketballer shouldn't be allowed to play basketball because he is genetically tall.

No it isn't. This is a tired and boring argument brought out by the ill informed that was particularly prevalent in relation to Semenya.

There is no protected category in basketball for people who aren't tall, therefore being tall is no reason to prohibit someone from participating.

Women's sport is a protected category, for good reason. The question then is "what is a woman?", a question people have been avoiding for years and continue to.

If Khelif is a woman, (a "biological female") who naturally produces high levels of testosterone, then so be it. If she's DSD, and produces high levels of testosterone due to a genetic abnormality, then it's altogether more murky a grey area, just like the Semenya case. The suggestion has been that she has XY chromosomes. Regardless of her physiology, she absolutely doesn't deserve dickheads on the internet who spend their lives w**king away on Twitter accusing her of being a pervert.

Honestly thought with all the stuff online that Khelif was born and man, in which case in no way should be allowed to fight a woman. However he/she? was born a woman but has a disorder meaning he/she produces much higher levels of testosterone. A lot more of a grey area than a man deciding one day to "become" a woman. Seemingly doesn't have a huge advantage either given that Kellie Harrington beat Khelif at the last games?

Believing all that stuff online is the biggest pile of lazy shite a lot of people do.. The second she says I seen this on tiktok I'm rolling the eyes and walking away!

I can see why the headline confuses people (and guilty at times) but dig a bit deeper and hey presto

Tate makes a clean living off the back of that stuff and people are gullible enough to eat it up  

When you scratch the surface to this there is so much to it. There's talk that Semenya has "internal testicles" and things like that (there are articles on it which I suspect are accurate too). This is very nuanced and like anything in the world these days has been polarised hugely. Trans in sport is a very different thing to this. I really don't think Rowling, who I don't generally mind, or the likes of Sharron Davies(who I would have my doubts about anyway) have helped this and dare I say it the Italian was in a boxing match and complained about being hit too hard which didn't help either 

Pity about Walsh too. Had hoped for more from the boxers but at least we have the swimming and the rowing now... Hopefully Harrington can get gold again.

The more I think about it the more I think I am not sure we will see any athletics medals at all. Maybe Adeleke at a push but Mageean is really up against it and with Adeleke not in the mixed 4x400 and not in the earlier rounds of the 400 I think that will make it tougher for the relays.

[Pub Bore]

Mageean will do well to make the final.  Realistically Adeleke is an outside chance for a medal.  My gut tells me we won't win a medal in the track & field.

[From the Bunker]

Mageean will do well to make the final.  Realistically Adeleke is an outside chance for a medal.  My gut tells me we won't win a medal in the track & field.

Doing well in the Europeans is one thing. But when you add the Americas, Africa and the Asians, even Australia and New Zealand, you are into a different sphere of top athletes.

But you never know.......

[imtommygunn]

She should make the final as she was fourth in the world last year but yeah I think the same on the track and field - unsure we will medal.

[Capt Pat]

I reckon Adeleke will get a medal maybe even gold.

[Milltown Row2]

Some finish for Ireland in the mixed 400 relay, needed an extra 20 meters to catch the 4th place athlete possible fastest qualifier they said

[imtommygunn]

They're out.

[square_ball]

The fellas were the big weak links in that relay team. Mawdsley ran a hell of a last leg but had far too much to do. We'd have qualified with Adeleke.

[weareros]

Irish in action Saturday, Day 8. Rhys McClenaghan will have a tough battle with US star Stephen Nedoroscik and old GB rival Max Whitlock for Gold. Kellie can hopefully salvage something for the boxers but faces a tough battle Ferreira to make the final. Wiffen back for his best event - 1500m Freestyle heat. McIlroy just about still in medal contention, needs a very good day, before final round on Sunday.

Saturday 3 August

(In order of start time)

GOLF

0855 Men's singles round 3: Shane Lowry

1044 Men's singles round 3: Rory McIlroy

CYCLING

1000 Men's road race: Ben Healy and Ryan Mullen

SWIMMING

1000-1025 Women's 50m freestyle heat 8: Danielle Hill

1025-1133 Men's 1500m freestyle heat 3: Daniel Wiffen

1133-1144 Men's 4x100m medley relay heat 2: Conor Ferguson, Darragh Greene, Max McCusker and Shane Ryan

1144-1156 Women's 4x100m medley relay heat 2: Danielle Hill, Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe and TBC

1937-1949 Women's 50m freestyle semi-finals: Danielle Hill (if qualified)

SAILING

1110-1206 Men's dinghy race 5: Finn Lynch

1223-1314 Men's dinghy race 6: Finn Lynch

1325-1416 Women's dinghy race 5: Eve McMahon

1421-1517 Women's dinghy race 6: Eve McMahon

CANOE SLALOM

1430-1525 Women's kayak cross round 1 race 10: Madison Corcoran

1540-1635 Men's kayak cross round 1 race 3: Noel Hendrick

1540-1635 Men's kayak cross round 1 race 7: Liam Jegou

1705-1730 Women's kayak cross repechage 1: Madison Corcoran (if applicable)

1745-1810 Men's kayak cross repechage: Noel Hendrick, Liam Jegou (if applicable)

GYMNASTICS

1610-1650 Men's pommel horse final: Rhys McClenaghan

ATHLETICS

1815-1830 Men's 1500m repechage heat 1: Luke McCann, Cathal Doyle

1815-1830 Men's 1500m repechage heat 2: Andrew Coscoran

BOXING

2108 Women's 60kg (lightweight) semi-final: Kellie Harrington v Beatriz Soares Ferreira (Bra)

[JimStynes]

What's happened Irish amateur boxing? Has it went backwards significantly or what's going on?

[Armagh18]

What's happened Irish amateur boxing? Has it went backwards significantly or what's going on?

Lot of decent talent probably doesn't bother with the corrupt shower of c***ts now I'd imagine.

[gallsman]

Super, effortless stuff again from Wiffen. Anything other than gold would be a shock at this stage, and the WR could be on.

Some ridiculously fast tones in the first round of the men's 100m Kishane Thompson ran 9.99 and he shut it down at 50m lylea looked as if he was struggling a bit coming in behind the young Brit Hinchcliffe who ran 9.97.