Olympics:David Burrows and Peter O'Leary came 10th in the medal race in the Star Class, Olympic Sailing at Weymouth this morning, a result that means they finished 10th overall. Despite a disappointing finish to their campaign they'll be reasonably pleased with their performance at London 2012.
Cian O'Connor, riding Blue Lloyd 12, has qualified for the third round of the Individual show jumping. He had eight faults during his round today but that was good enough to get him through in a tie for 31st place. He'll have to make the top 35 riders tomorrow to qualify for the first half of the final.
He'll then need a top 20 finish in the first half of Wednesday's final to make the afternoon session.
Ireland's other representative Billy Twomey (Tinka's Serenade)bowed out after amassing eight faults today, to add to the four he accrued yesterday.
Derek Burnettis 24th on 70 points after his third round of the men's trap shooting qualifcation this afternoon, with a scoring average of 0.933 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Martyn Irvine
finished 13th in the men’s omnium this evening, after huge effort in the 1km time-trial. The Irishman was 11th in the final event at the Velodrome but could not improve on his overall standing with a points total of 64.
In the 4km individual pursuit this morning, Irvine posted a time of four minutes 32.948 seconds that left him 14th heading into the 15km scratch race.
A ninth placed finish there moved him up one place in the overall standings on 53 points, before he covered the final event in 1:04.558.
Britain’s Edward Clancy was quickest by some distance in the final event but it was only good enough for a bronze medal, behind gold medallist Denmark's Lasse Norman Hansen and France's Bryan Coquard.
In the women's marathon, Linda Byrneran two hours 37 minutes and 13 seconds to finish 66th, three seconds ahead of Ava Hutchinsonin 68th. Catriona Jenningswas last of the finishers in a time of 3:22:11.
Tiki Gelana became the second Ethiopian woman to win marathon gold when she held off Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo to win a soggy race that started and finished in torrential rain.
Gelana clocked 2:23.07 to finish five seconds ahead of Jeptoo who was unable to reel in her African rival in the finishing straight on The Mall. Russian Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova won bronze in 2:23:29
Irish Schedule
9am: Trap shooting
Going in his fourth Olympic Games, Derek Burnett will be hoping to improve on his best ever finish of seventh place in Athens. Disappointed by his 29th place in Beijing, the Athlone shooter qualified for London thanks to a bronze medal at this year’s European Championships and has an outside chance of a medal here if his aim holds true.
From 10am: Track Cycling
Martyn Irvine goes in the final pair of events in the omnium, the pursuit and scratch race.
11am: Women’s marathon
With 119 women entered to run, the challenge facing the Irish is evident by the fact that Irish champion Linda Byrne is ranked 97th, Ava Hutchinson is ranked 92nd, Catriona Jennings is ranked 95th. Sixty of the starters have bettered the 2:30 barrier; none of the Irish have.
From 1pm: Sailing
Disqualification in Thursday’s race seven dealt a virtual death blow to the medal chances of Peter O’Leary and David Burrows in the Star. They have qualified for the medal race in ninth place but lying 45 points behind third place Sweden it’s mathematically impossible for them to take a medal in what has been a good regatta for them.
In the 49er, Ireland’s pair of Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern slipped back in yesterday’s three races and now lie in 11th overall. They’ll hope to pull themselves back into the top 10 today with good performances at noon and 12.45.
8.45pm: Boxing
With the prospect of a medal tantalisingly close, John Joe Nevin goes toe to toe with Oscar Valdez in a bantamweight quarter-final. The Mexican qualified for the last Games at the age of 17 and became the first boxer from his country to take a medal at the world championships, taking a bronze in 2009. Nevin has looked comfortable in these games so far but will have his work cut out for him to make the semi-finals.