Olympics roundup: McSharry wins bronze, Harrington begins title defence

Mona McSharry has won Ireland’s first Olympic swimming medal since 1996.

The Sligo native took bronze in the women’s 100-metre breaststroke, beating Italy’s Benedetta Pinato by just one-hundredth of a second.
It is Ireland's first medal of the Paris Olympics.

Nhat Nguyen has won the first game of his second group match in the men’s badminton.

The Dubliner took that game 21-7 from Nepal’s Prince Dahal.

Ireland have the chance to exact some immediate revenge from Australia in the Women’s Rugby Sevens tonight.

Having lost to the same opposition in the group stage this afternoon, they meet again in the last of the night’s quarter-finals.

That match is underway at 9.30pm.

Ireland’s Liam Jegou was narrowly denied a medal in the men’s C1 canoe final this evening.

He placed seventh overall, but if not for a 2-second penalty at his last gate, Jegou would have taken silver.

Kellie Harrington’s defence if her lightweight boxing gold medal is up and running.

She beat Italy’s Alessia Mesiano by unanimous decision in their last-16 contest.

Liam Jegou is currently in second position after his run in the men’s canoe semi-finals. Austin O’Connor and his horse Colorado Blue currently sit 16th in the Individual Showjumping final.

Ireland will have two swimmers in finals action tonight.

Mona McSharry will be in lane 5 for the 100-metre breaststroke final, having qualified second-fastest. That final is in the pool at 8.25pm Irish time.

Just under an hour before that, Ellen Walshe completes in the final of the 400-metre individual medley.

She was seventh-quickest in this morning’s heats.

Ireland’s Kellie Harrington celebrates winning after the bout. Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Danielle Hill will compete in the first of this evening’s two semi-finals in the 100-metre backstroke.

And Daniel Wiffen posted the fastest time across this morning’s 800-metre freestyle semi-finals, and he’ll swim for a medal tomorrow night.

Ireland are through to this evening’s quarter-finals of the Women’s Sevens.

Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen on the way to winning the heat and qualifying for the final. Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

They concluded their pool campaign with a 19-14 to Australia this afternoon, and could face the Aussies again tonight.

Rowers Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey are into the semi-finals of the Women’s Lightweight Double Scull after winning their repechage.

While the men's hockey team fell to an agonising 2-1 defeat to Australia.