Gaffes of the Games

1. Ailis McSweeney revealed Derval O’Rourke’s preparations in intimate detail: “She was in her own bed with her coaches in comfortable surroundings until two days ago.”

2. RTÉ commentator blew the whistle on women’s hockey scandal: “The Dutch are down to 10 men.”

3. Mick Dowling KO’d by diction: “John Joe Nevin is a good thinker, with a ‘t-h’…”