Mona McSharry wins bronze for Ireland at the Olympic Games

It is Ireland's first medal of the 2024 Olympics.

PODIUM: Women's 100m breaststroke final bronze medallist Mona McSharry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Okay, hands up who had Mona McSharry winning Ireland’s first medal at these Olympic Games? Don’t even think about it. It’s not that the 23-year old from Sligo wasn’t mapped, just that there were far more prominent contours on the page to catch the eye.

Daniel Wiffen was, and still is, a huge hope for silverware in the pool here on the western fringes of Paris on Tuesday night, and the men’s rugby sevens will harbour regrets at their mistakes at the Stade de France last weekend, but McSharry has touched the wall first.