Olympics roundup: Doyle and Lynch win bronze, Moorehouse and Marley lose split-decisions

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Olympics Roundup: Doyle And Lynch Win Bronze, Moorehouse And Marley Lose Split-Decisions
Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 68. Photo: INPHO.
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James Cox

It's another busy day for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games.

Team Ireland have won another medal at the Olympic Games, this time in rowing.

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Rowers Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch have taken bronze after finishing third in the Men's Double Sculls Final.

The duo finished behind Romania in first and the Netherlands in second. The success marks Ireland’s fourth ever rowing medal at an Olympic Games.

It is Ireland's fourth medal of the Paris Games.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, Paris.  Men’s Double Sculls Final A - Ireland’s Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle after finishing third. Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

The Women’s Four of Imogen Magner, Eimear Lambe, Natalie Long and Emily Hegarty won their B-final, and were seventh overall.

Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin were tenth overall in the Women’s Double Sculls after a fourth place finish in their B-final.

The medal race in the Men’s Skiff was abandoned for the day, due to inadequate wind conditions in Marseille.

Two attempts were made to stage the race, with both called-off after a single leg.

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It’s expected the ten crews will try again tomorrow, with Ireland’s Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove needing a fourth-place finish to guarantee a medal.

Eve McMahon was eighth in the first race of ten in the Women’s Dinghy

Finn Lynch sits 16th overall in the Men’s Dinghy, after finishes of 9th and 25th in today’s first two races.

Earlier in Marseille, Finn Lynch was ninth in the first race of ten in the Men’s Dinghy.

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Noel Hendrick narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the Men’s Kayak.

A pair of two-second penalties proved to be moot, as he placed 15th in the semi-final, with only the top dozen going through.

Boxing

Jack Marley lost via split to Davlat Boltaev of Tajikistan in the men's heavyweight quarter-finals.

Daina Moorehouse lost a split-decision on her Olympic debut to World Championship bronze medallist Wassila Lkhadiri in the flyweight last-16.

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Ireland’s High Performance head coach branded the decision a ‘disgrace’

Swimming

Tom Fannon set a new Irish record in the men’s 50-metre freestyle swimming semi-finals.

He placed fourth in a national best time of 21.7-4 seconds.

Showjumping

Ireland's showjumpers are safely into Friday's team final at Versailles.

They finished sixth place in today's qualifying.

An impressive performance this afternoon from Shane Sweetnam, Daniel Coyle and Cian O'Connor saw them comfortably qualify among the top 10 teams.

Hockey

Ireland’s hopes of making the quarter-finals of the men’s hockey bit the dust in Paris this afternoon.

They were beaten 2-1 by Argentina - their fourth consecutive defeat in the group stage.

Ireland complete their group campaign tomorrow afternoon against New Zealand.

Golf

Rory McIlroy is five-shots off the lead, and best of the Irish duo, after the opening day of the Men’s Golf.

McIlroy shot a 3-under 68, while Shane Lowry opened with a level-par round of 71.

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama holds a two-stroke lead on 8-under par.

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