Irish competitors at the Olympics - Daily Diary

Dodge

I'll keep it up to date

SATURDAY
10.30pm (Fri) - 1.55am Irish team and individuals (O'Connor, Curran, Ryan, Lyons, Griffin) 3 Day eventing Dressage

2.00-6.30 am Derek Burnett Shooting Men's Trap Qualifying

2.45 am - Scott Evans v Marc Zwiebler (GER) Badminton Men's Singles Round of 64

3.00am - Siobhan Byrne v Irena Weickowska (Poland) Fencing Women's Individual Sabre Round of 64

4.00-10.15am - Nicolas Roche, Philip Deignan Cycling Men's Road race

6.00am-12pm - Tim Goodbody Sailing Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn Race 1 & 2

8.30am - Ken Egan v Julius Jackson (US Virgin Isles) Boxing Light Heavy weight Round of 32

10.30-11am - Ireland (O'Neill, Devlin, Csey, Folan) Rowing Men's Four Heat

10.50am - Chloe Magee v Kati Tolmoff (EST) Badminton Women's Singles Round of 64

12.15-3.40pm - Irish team and individuals 3 Day eventing Dressage

1.45pm - Andrew Bree (Heat 5) Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke

Overheal

Dear Diary,

Ruu_Old

The mens fours are through to the semi-finals on Wednesday. They finished in third behind Germany and winners Australia.

robinph

I think france had been expected to get through that heat so was a good result for ireland to beat them.

Dodge

SUNDAY'S IRISH COMPETITORS

12.12am Patricia Ryan 3 day eventing Dressage

2.00-5.00am Derek Burnett Shooting Mens Trap Qualification Rounds 4 & 5

2.27 Niall Griffin 3 day eventing dressage

3.10am Chloe Magee v Jaeyoun Jun (South Korea) Badminton Round of 32

7.00am-12.00pm David Goodbody Sailing Finn class Races 3 & 4

7.30am John Joe Joyce v Gyula Kate (Hungary) Boxing Light Welter (64kg) Rd of 32

8.00-8.45am Derek Burnett (if he qualifies) Shooting Men's Trap Final

9.20am Ireland (Griffin, Archiblad, Moynihan, Towey) Rowing Lightweight Mens Four Heat 3

10.33 Aisling Cooney Swimming 100m backstroke Heat 4

KevIRL

Looks like one of our main medal hopes Derek Burnett wont make the final

Nolanger

Wasn't there some other Irish shooter who did well in the World Championships this year but wasn't selected for China?

Dodge

KevIRL wrote: »

Looks like one of our main medal hopes Derek Burnett wont make the final

He only ever had an outside shot at a medal. He finished 7th in Athens

Not an expert on shooting, but Ireland brought every competitor who qualified.

Tristram

The top 6 qualified for final round so he missed out on a shot at a medal by one place. With the margins involved in shooting that rates as more than an outside chance. Poor day today but he is definitely capable of making it through tomorrow.

Dodge

Tristram wrote: »

The top 6 qualified for final round so he missed out on a shot at a medal by one place. With the margins involved in shooting that rates as more than an outside chance. Poor day today but he is definitely capable of making it through tomorrow.

but that was best ever result at that level. He finished 35th in last worlds

justfortherecor

Ireland LM4- finish 4th in their heat. Never recovered from a poor start in strong tailwind conditions. Go into the repechage.

Dodge

MONDAY'S IRISH IN ACTION - (All times are Irish times)

01.18 Austin O'Connor 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

02.00 Geoff Curran 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

02.45 Louise Lyons 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

03.30 Patricia Ryan 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

04.15 Niall Griffin 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

06.00-12.00 Tom Godbody Sailing Finn Races 5 & 6

06.00-12.00 Ger Owens/Philip Lawton Sailing Mens 470 Races 1 & 2

09.22 Eoin Rheinisch Canoe/Kayaking Mens K1 Slalom - Run 1

11.14 Eoin Rheinisch Canoe/Kayaking Mens K1 Slalom - Run 2

11.38 Melanie Nocher Swimming Womens 200m Freestyle heat 2

thirtyfoot

Dodge wrote: »

11.14 Eoin Rheinisch Canoe/Kayaking Mens K1 Slalom - Run 2

What a performance, 4th in the final. Scraped into the semi in last spot, scraped into the final in last spot and when the chips were down put in the performance of a litefime when it mattered. 4th place in the Olympics. Well done.

KevIRL

Dodge wrote: »

MONDAY'S IRISH IN ACTION - (All times are Irish times)

01.18 Austin O'Connor 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

02.00 Geoff Curran 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

02.45 Louise Lyons 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

03.30 Patricia Ryan 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

04.15 Niall Griffin 3 Day eventing Cross Country RUn

06.00-12.00 Tom Godbody Sailing Finn Races 5 & 6

06.00-12.00 Ger Owens/Philip Lawton Sailing Mens 470 Races 1 & 2

09.22 Eoin Rheinisch Canoe/Kayaking Mens K1 Slalom - Run 1

11.14 Eoin Rheinisch Canoe/Kayaking Mens K1 Slalom - Run 2

11.38 Melanie Nocher Swimming Womens 200m Freestyle heat 2

Isnt one of the boxers in action at about 2.30?

ZiggyStardust

KevIRL wrote: »

Isnt one of the boxers in action at about 2.30?

Yeah JJ Nevin is fighting at 14:30.

Brilliant performance by Rheinisch, Couldn't believe he was still in 1st with 4 to go.
Hope this brings alot of confidence to the whole team.

Amz

Andrew Bree through to Semi finals of 200 breast-stroke. He had a great swim in his heat.

ZiggyStardust

Andrew Bree qualified for tomorrows Semi's. He won his heat smashing the Irish record 2:10:91.
Looking good.....:)

ZiggyStardust

Jeez AMZ, started that post and my phone rang

Now here's to JJ Nevin winning his fight.

Amz

Hehe, you could have done a sneaky edit before it would have shown up on your post

ZiggyStardust

Ah I'll remember that for next time, it takes me 10 minutes to write a post. :P

juvenal

Saw Eoin Rheinisch's final run this morning; fantastic performance to get 4th, especially after scraping through the heat and semis! He looked like he stalled in the white halfway down the course, small mistake just for a second, but considering the ~3 second gap between him and third I don't think it would've made a difference.

Furthermore, I doubt he'd begrudge Boukpeti the bronze medal. The chap was delighted and he snapped his paddle in two in jubilation after he crossed the line - he's Togo's first-ever medal at the Olympics! While I was disappointed for Eoin it was great to see and that's what the Olympics is all about.

juvenal

Beijng time (Irish time)

10:50 (03.50) Swimming

Andrew Bree swims in the semi-final of the 200m breaststroke after smashing his Irish record in the heats.

13:00 (06.00) -19:00 (12.00) Sailing

Men’s 470 races 5 and 6

Ger Owens, Phil Lawton finished 17th and 15th yesterday and lie 13th overall after four races.

Women’s Laser races 3 and 4

Ciara Peelo began her campaign in the Laser Radial placing 23rd and 17th yesterday and is 25th overall.

Men’s Finn races 7 and 8

After six races in the Finn class Tim Goodbody lies 21st overall.

16:50 (09.50) Rowing – Men’s Four Semi-Final

Cormac Folan, Sean Casey, Jonathon Devlin, Sean O’Neill

The men’s heavyweight four progressed to the semi-finals with a third place finish in the heats at Shunyi.

19:46 (12.46) Swimming – Men’s 200m Individual Medley

Andrew Bree

juvenal

Andrew Bree just swam another new Irish record of 2:10.16 coming 5th in the semis of the 200m breaststroke. Kitijima won the semi in an Olympic record.

After the second semi, Bree missed out on the final by less than 0.2 of a second. Great performance, and unlucky not to be in the final.

CHD

Dear Diary,

Boom.

CHD

Pherekydes

Irish Track athletes in action today for the first time.

Alistair Cragg run well out of in in the men's 1500m. His main event is the 5000m.

Fionnuala Britton had a season's best in her Steeplechase heat, but was eliminated.

Roisin McGettigan finished a very comfortable 2nd in her heat, qualifying for the first women's Steeplechase final.

Amz

Looks like Nevin is on his way out of the boxing too. He's well down in his bout at the moment.

Amz

Rob Heffernan finished in 8th in the 20k Race walk. Was with the leading group for a large part of the race. Won by a Russian (who was a bit controversial after failing a drugs test earlier this year, but there was no ban). Race walking has to be one of the worst athletic events to look at

juvenal

Amz wrote: »

Rob Heffernan finished in 8th in the 20k Race walk. Was with the leading group for a large part of the race. Won by a Russian (who was a bit controversial after failing a drugs test earlier this year, but there was no ban). Race walking has to be one of the worst athletic events to look at

Great result for him, apparently he was in the leading bunch but when the Russian made a break he fell behind a little bit.

I'd say the hips are killing you after a walk like that!

lt_cmdr_worf

Darren Sutherland through to next round, by knockout against Algerian Nabil Kessel

EDIT: Paddy Barnes also through

Nolanger

Three Irish boxers through to the quarters - they can't all lose so we're getting a medal soon - about time.

juvenal

Pauline Curley from Offaly just finished 63rd in the women's marathon with a time of 2:47:16. For someone aged 39, that's pretty impressive!

gordon_gekko

juvenal wrote: »

Pauline Curley from Offaly just finished 63rd in the women's marathon with a time of 2:47:16. For someone aged 39, that's pretty impressive!

wow , are you serious , 63rd

Nolanger

Maybe the time was impressive not the placing?

juvenal

Yes, she was well down the field, and her time was a good bit outside her PB of 2.39.05 which she ran earlier this year. She's Ireland's first representative in the women's marathon in 20 years - and while she perhaps could have performed better, with the conditions I thought she ran well, and in her first Olympics.

The winner, Romania's Constantina Tomescu, is 38 years old. Paula Radcliffe struggled after a good start, and stopped with about two miles to go suffering from cramp, before continuing on to finish well back in the field. The 2004 Athens bronze medallist Deena Kastor from the US, dropped out of the race after three miles, which shows you how tough it was.

lt_cmdr_worf

Derval O'Rourke failed to qualify from her heat.....

Roisin Mc Gettigan finishing last in the 3000m steeplechase final, but Denis Lynch (equestrian) went around with no jumping faults, taking a total of two time faults into tomorrow's final qualifying round.

robinph

juvenal wrote: »

The 2004 Athens bronze medallist Deena Kastor from the US, dropped out of the race after three miles, which shows you how tough it was.

Didn't she crack her foot of one of those mile markers that they had positioned in the middle of the racing line?

The barriers on the side of the road caused Liz Yelling to take a tumble when the bunch of runners moved over to the left suddenly, she got taken off to hospital at the end for xrays at the finish. Someone else probably took a tumble on top of the 1km marker that got knocked at the start as it was in the way and the drinks stations early on were dangerous due to being far too close together so had people falling over the top of each other and having to run backwards to get to their drinks. Hopefully they sort those things out before next weekends marathon.

juvenal

robinph wrote: »

Didn't she crack her foot of one of those mile markers that they had positioned in the middle of the racing line?

The barriers on the side of the road caused Liz Yelling to take a tumble when the bunch of runners moved over to the left suddenly, she got taken off to hospital at the end for xrays at the finish. Someone else probably took a tumble on top of the 1km marker that got knocked at the start as it was in the way and the drinks stations early on were dangerous due to being far too close together so had people falling over the top of each other and having to run backwards to get to their drinks. Hopefully they sort those things out before next weekends marathon.

My bad, indeed she did, pulled up clutching her foot which apparently broken. I didn't read anything about it coming from a mile marker, but perhaps it did. I did notice a lot of jostling and pushing in the early miles where as you said, the water stations were very close and resembled feeding time at the zoo sometimes.

EKRIUQ

juvenal wrote: »

Pauline Curley from Offaly just finished 63rd in the women's marathon with a time of 2:47:16. For someone aged 39, that's pretty impressive!

I saw her on the news finishing, she was down on her knees, arms in the air she was so delighted for just finishing
:rolleyes:

moe_sizlak

Namesco wrote: »

I saw her on the news finishing, she was down on her knees, arms in the air she was so delighted for just finishing
:rolleyes:

reminded me of the eppisode of the simposons where the students were being called up from the crowd to recieve there yr end appraisals from skinner

when it came to skinner calling out ralph wiggums name for a presumably poor report , ralph gets up and shouts , I WON I WON

juvenal

(All times Irish)

02.00 - Triathlon
Women's Final, Emma Davies

02.48 - Athletics
400m Heat 7, David Gillick

03.50 - Athletics
Hammer Qualification Group B, Eileen O'Keefe

03.40 - Athletics
200m Heat 6, Paul Hession

04.00 - Sailing
Laser Radial race 7, 8, 9 and 10, Ciara Peelo
Star Class race 5, 6 and 7, Stephen Milne & Peter O'Leary

12.15 - Equestrian
Individual Show Jumping 3rd Qualifier, Denis Lynch

13.05 - Athletics
200m quarter-finals, Paul Hession (if he qualifies)

Dodge

Namesco wrote: »

I saw her on the news finishing, she was down on her knees, arms in the air she was so delighted for just finishing
:rolleyes:

It was her first running for Ireland, and she only found out about two weeks ago. Why wouldn't she be happy? How did you get on in your Olympics? :rolleyes:

juvenal

Dodge wrote: »

It was her first running for Ireland, and she only found out about two weeks ago. Why wouldn't she be happy? How did you get on in your Olympics? :rolleyes:

QFT - whatever about the other Irish athlete's underperforming in relation to their potential, she was on holidays when she discovered she was in the marathon. Fair play to her.

donegal11

juvenal wrote: »

QFT - whatever about the other Irish athlete's underperforming in relation to their potential, she was on holidays when she discovered she was in the marathon. Fair play to her.

so by that logic anyone who trys there best should represent ireland.there was a reason she was on her holidays she didnt make the A standard and the oci sent her anyway and at 39 i dont think they where thinking on london 2012

KJ_2008

donegal11 wrote: »

so by that logic anyone who trys there best should represent ireland.there was a reason she was on her holidays she didnt make the A standard and the oci sent her anyway and at 39 i dont think they where thinking on london 2012

Great answer. I'm prepared to try my best in the weightlifting in 2012, can I go?

juvenal

donegal11 wrote: »

so by that logic anyone who trys there best should represent ireland.there was a reason she was on her holidays she didnt make the A standard and the oci sent her anyway and at 39 i dont think they where thinking on london 2012

Don't be facetious - she made the Olympic standard, after that it's up to the national Olympic committee to decide whether they use the A or the A and B standards as methods of selection. I wouldn't begrudge her the chance to run at the Olympics like some members here are quick to do.

What if the Romanian Olympic Committee decided not to send Constantina Tomescu to Beijing because she's 38 and wouldn't be around for London 2012?

It's easy to sit at home behind your internet connection and criticise.

juvenal

David Gillick just came 4th in his 400m heat running 45.83. Not an automatic qualfier.

Jeremy Wariner won in a time of 45.23.

KJ_2008

juvenal wrote: »

Don't be fastidious

No offence, like, but did you not mean facetious?

juvenal wrote: »

What if the Romanian Olympic Committee decided not to send Constantina Tomescu to Beijing because she's 38 and wouldn't be around for London 2012?

Do you not notice a slight flaw in your argument here? Tomescu had pedigree, eg World half marathon champion, second (or third??) in the London marathon, etc.

juvenal wrote: »

It's easy to sit at home behind your internet connection and criticise.

It's even easier to spout banal tosh about them all giving their best. Let's stop sending journey athletes with no potential just so they can have a 'nice' experience - that's precisely the attitude and mindset that has produced yet another sham of an Olympics for Ireland (with a few notable exceptions). Time to redirect the funding towards professionally run (no amateur coaches need apply) development programmes for kids with real potential.

juvenal

KJ_2008 wrote: »

No offence, like, but did you not mean facetious?

I did indeed, the autospeller isn't flawless thank you

KJ_2008 wrote: »

Do you not notice a slight flaw in your argument here? Tomescu had pedigree, eg World half marathon champion, second (or third??) in the London marathon, etc.

I was talking was in relation to donegal11's point about looking towards London 2012.

KJ_2008 wrote: »

It's even easier to spout banal tosh about them all giving their best. Let's stop sending journey athletes with no potential just so they can have a 'nice' experience - that's precisely the attitude and mindset that has produced yet another sham of an Olympics for Ireland (with a few notable exceptions). Time to redirect the funding towards professionally run (no amateur coaches need apply) development programmes for kids with real potential.

I don't disagree about sending out journeymen athletes to the major events, it's an embarrassment when athletes struggle in heats and can't get into the mix. A lot of sports in this country, athletics being one of the primary ones, need serious investment and an upgrade of facilities to produce successful athletes. When you compare Ireland to Jamaica, a country with half the population, they've always produced far superior athletes and aren't exactly a first-world country with booming economy.

While I agree that the selection process is a bit come-all-ye, it's a bit late now to say Pauline Curley or Derval O'Rourke or David Gillick shouldn't go to the Olympics because they weren't contenders. They're already there, so there's no need for begrudgery. What's wrong with giving them a little credit for getting there, whatever the selection flaws, as it's more than most of us have ever done? Next week we can focus on discussing sports funding, selection processes and development programmes. I doubt any of us would turn down a shot at the Olympics if we were offered it.

Ireland should have been investing big-time in all the Olympics sports for over a decade now with the amount of public money thrown about, and especially even more so since London were awarded 2012. Look at what the Chinese have achieved since they were awarded 2008 (granted they've a slightly larger population )

Amz

KJ, there's an English forum go there if you want to post about poor spelling and grammar.

robinph

juvenal wrote: »

A lot of sports in this country, athletics being one of the primary ones, need serious investment and an upgrade of facilities to produce successful athletes. When you compare Ireland to Jamaica, a country with half the population, they've always produced far superior athletes and aren't exactly a first-world country with booming economy.

Jamaica do only take part in three events in track and field though, four if you count the relay. They are probably spending more money on developing athletes in that couple of events though than Ireland is on the whole team across all events.

I don't think it would be good to just specialise in one event like Jamaica though.

KJ_2008

Amz wrote: »

KJ, there's an English forum go there if you want to post about poor spelling and grammar.

Where did I post about poor spelling and grammar? I didn't. I asked if he meant facetious instead of fastidious, he said he did. Relax the head.