High expectations: Team Ireland's best medal chances from Adeleke to Wiffen

How do you compare and contrast a lone boxer in the ring with a trio guiding horses over fences, or a rugby sevens side? You can’t, you shouldn’t, but we went ahead and did it anyway.

Rhys McClenaghan during artistic gymnastics training at the Gymnastic Training Centre of Le Bourget ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

DECISIONS, decisions. Events will ultimately prove the folly of a piece like this. Remember how Ireland’s supposed ‘Super Sunday’ in Tokyo in 2023 brought the promise of four or five medal hopes and delivered none? 

So, handle this crystal ball with care.