Road to Tokyo 2020 - Irish Olympic News

The latter I suspect. That was way, way below par for her.

For some reason, she seems freaked by the pressure of the Olympic games......never to have gotten near a final is crazy stuff, she's a double world champion in the sport.

That's an awful shame for Puspure, but even though she won her heats she hasn't really looked convincing for the whole event. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a dose of the Sonias, the Olympics can do that to competitors. Had a bad feeling all event that she'd be squeezed out of the medals but I must say I thought she'd make the final no problem.

I had us down for five medals, including one gold, before the event, however I was anticipating three rowing medals and unfortunately we've ended up with just two. McClenaghan, Harrington and Aiden Walsh would be our best bets from here to get to five but if any of them miss out we will need an unexpected medal from somewhere else to reach that target.

The three golfers, Kurt Walker or something in showjumping would seem our best bets in that regard.

The head coach imposed a media ban a month ago so obviously something was going on.

I would agree in terms of medals - if we could pull a second gold from somewhere it would really make it a standout Olympics, it's close to a century since we had two different competitors win gold medals at the Olympics.

I'm quite enjoying the cartwheels the Irish media are going through to avoid mentioning Michelle Smith as far as they can during these games. The latest one I've seen is an article on the Examiner website profiling all of our previous gold medal winners - each one accompanied by a photo of the competitor, except Smith where there is just a photo of the medals around her neck but with her head cropped out of the picture. Obviously her achievements are massively tainted, but the medals were won and are unlikely to be ever taken back from her. Surely it would be better just to accept the results even if we all know they come with a huge asterisk, rather than this constant tip toeing around the issue?

Dickson and Waddilove sailing their way into contention. Any sailing experts here? Do they have much of a shot?

fantastic win by the lads to grab our first gold of these games another would be nice😁

How many qualify for the medal race? She seems to be in 14th overall now?

Great result bringing herself right back into contention for the medal race if she has another strong day tomorrow might just sneak in.

That rowing was worth setting the alarm for. Congrats to the two lads! Feel for Sanita (again). Great to see Annalise going well. She’s not far off a final spot.