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22nd Jul 2024

The 2024 Paris Olympics: Follow all the major action and talking points

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The 2024 Paris Olympics starts on Friday, and it promises to be a huge two weeks for Irish sport with several athletes in contention for medals.

You can follow all the action live in our hub below. Just click on the key point you want to read about or keep scrolling for all updates.

Team Ireland athletes.

Ireland will have 133 athletes competing in 15 sports at the Games in Paris, including 23 track and field athletes.

Here are some of the athletes who will be competing for Ireland at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

(For a full list, you can click here).

Athletics

Sarah Lavin (Limerick) 100m Hurdles

Rhasidat Adeleke (Dublin) 400m

Sharlene Mawdsley (Tipperary) 400m

Sophie Becker (Wexford) 400m

Ciara Mageean (Down) 1500m

Sarah Healy (Dublin) 1500m

Sophie O’Sullivan (Cork/Melbourne) 1500m

Jodie McCann (Dublin) 5000m

Fionnuala McCormack (Wicklow) Marathon

Nicola Tuthill (Cork) Hammer Throw

Kate O’Connor (Louth) Heptathlon

Mark English (Donegal) 800m

Andrew Coscoran (Dublin) 1500m

Cathal Doyle (Dublin) 1500m

Luke McCann (Dublin) 1500m

Brian Fay (Dublin) 5000m

Eric Favors (Ballina/New York) Shot Put

Mixed 4 x 400m Relay from:

Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy (Cork), Lauren Cadden (Sligo), Kelly McGrory (Donegal), Rachel McCann (Down), Chris O’Donnell (Sligo), Thomas Barr (Waterford), Jack Raftery (Dublin).

Non-Travelling Reserves: Cliodhna Manning (Kilkenny), Roisín Harrison (Limerick)

Women’s 4 x 400m Relay from:

Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Lauren Cadden, Kelly McGrory, Rachel McCann.

Boxing

Men

Jude Gallagher 57 kg
Dean Clancy 63.5 kg
Aidan Walsh 71 kg
Jack Marley (7) 92 kg

Women

Daina Moorehouse 50 kg
Jennifer Lehane 54 kg
Michaela Walsh 57 kg
Kellie Harrington (3) 60 kg
Grainne Walsh 66 kg
Aoife O’Rourke 75 kg

Golf

Shane Lowry

Rory McIlroy

Leona Maguire

Stephanie Meadow

Gymnastics

Rhys McClenaghan

Rowing

Men

Daire Lynch & Phillip Doyle: Double sculls
Fintan McCarthy & Paul O’Donovan: Lightweight double sculls
Ross Corrigan & Nathan Timoney: Coxless pair

Women

Alison Bergin & Zoe Hyde: Double sculls
Margaret Cremen & Aoife Casey: Lightweight double sculls
Aifric Keogh & Fiona Murtagh: Coxless pair
Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe, Imogen Magner: Coxless four

Swimming

Tom Fannon: Men’s 50 m freestyle
Daniel Wiffen Men’s 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, Open water 10 km.
Max McCusker, Darragh Greene, Connor Ferguson, Shane Ryan: Men’s 4 × 100 m medley relay

Danielle Hill: Women’s 50 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke.
Mona McShary: Women’s 100 m breaststroke, Women’s 200m breaststroke.
Ellen Walshe Women’s 200 m medley, 400 m medley.
Victoria Catterson, Erin Riordan, Grace Davison, Danielle Hill: Women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley: Men’s 58 kg

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