The Official Olympics Thread (with the consent of the Chinese Gov.)

[GalteeMountainBoy]

Paddy Barnes 7-5 ahead after 2 rounds.

[GalteeMountainBoy]

Paddy 9-5 in front after 3 rounds, motoring well.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Congratulations Paddy, Irelands first medal!  11-5

[Mentalman]

Good lad Paddy, first one in the bag!!! 11-5!

[Dinny Breen]

Always in control, great result.

[ludermor]

Lads anyone else having problems with the RTE site, i have volume but the screen keeps freezing.

[GaillimhIarthair]

Super performance, well done Paddy Barnes.  Looked a winner all the way from Rd2 on...................

[Mentalman]

Lads anyone else having problems with the RTE site, i have volume but the screen keeps freezing.

Same here, I imagine a lot of laptops all over the world were on the old wireless trying to stream that!

[AZOffaly]

Great performance. Great result. Delighted for the boxers. Hopefully Ken Egan can do the job as well against the Brazilian.

[ludermor]

Likewise AZ, Ive been very impressed with the boxers (build-up, performance and attitude) and i relly hope the other lads can get at least one more.

[Our Nail Loney]

bbc now

[Main Street]

Feck it,  I missed it.
Great news.

Ken Egan next,  in the ring at 14.10

[Evil Genius]

Fantastic performance by Wee Paddy!

And for trivia lovers, Jim Neilly pointed out that 6 of Ireland's 9 Olympic Boxing medals before Beijing have been won by Belfast boxers, so Barnes will now make it 7 out of 10.

Gold - Michel Carruth - Welter 1992

Silver - John McNally - Bantam 1952

Silver - Frederick Tiedt - Welter 1956

Silver - Wayne McCullough - Bantam 1992

Bronze - Johnny Caldwell - Flyweight 1956

Bronze - Freddie Gilroy - Bantam 1956

Bronze - Anthony Byrne - Lightweight 1956

Bronze - Jim McCourt - Lightweight 1964

Bronze - Hughie Russell - Flyweight 1980

[Down Gael]

Well done Paddy. Great result.

[AZOffaly]

Ah Jaysus, don't tell me we're going to have Ulster bias on the Olympics thread now? And started by a fecking Unionist as well