Live: Team Ireland at Paris Olympics - Day 7 updates

ALL KINDS OF HISTORY: Paul O'Donovan, left, and Fintan McCarthy after retaining their Olympic title in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

8:05pm: Mixed relay disappointment

Thomas Barr: “I was getting a small bit emotional alright because it is setting in for me that it’s definitely my last Olympics, could be my last race, I’m not sure yet,.

“I’ll take a step back and assess that. I’ve definitely enjoyed the road so far and I’ve definitely enjoyed this experience as well. Today we just fell that little bit short, but it’s still an amazing performance to be proud of and an amazing year for this team to be proud of.”

Read more from the mixed relay team.

7:50pm: Sean Waddilove and Rob Dickson were both disappointed after finishing fourth in the men's skiff following Friday's medal race. They had been second going into the last event.

“We had a tough time on the start line, the boat below us was over the line so we had to make a decision, do we go back and clear ourselves if we were over as well, and we took that decision. After that, there wasn't really much chance to get back into it.

“I'm pretty disappointed, but I think if we give a few days to process everything I think we'll look back on it and be really proud of ourselves. Probably the last downwind before we took the left turn to the finish, the gaps had just gotten too big and it was a fairly straightforward course. There wasn't very many passing lines, so yeah, probably that moment it was the game over.”

The Irish 4x400m mixed relay of Chris O’Donnell, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker and Thomas Barr. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

6.34pm Ireland 4x400m relay miss out on final spot

The Irish mixed 4x400m relay team of Chris O’Donnell, Sophie Becker, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley were knocked out in the heats at the Stade de France in Paris this evening, the quartet finishing fifth in 3:12.67.

The race was won by Britain in 3:10.61. The Irish needed a top-three finish to advance automatically, or else run a time in the low-3:11 range to secure one of two time qualifier spots.

However, the came up short. Chris O’Donnell split 45.80 on the opening leg, with Sophie Becker clocking 51.70 on the second leg. Thomas Barr took over for the third leg and split 45.20, with Sharlene Mawdsley bringing it home with a 49.97-second leg. Cathal Dennehy

6.18pm Athletics

Jodie McCann endured a disappointing Olympic debut, the Dubliner finishing 20th in her heat of the 5000m in 15:55.08, McCann making a bold bid to stay with the leading pack before becoming detached approaching halfway.

“I would have wanted faster, but it was tough,” she said. “Those girls are so much faster than me and I’ve just got to get faster.” Still, having been a late qualifier via her world ranking, she took much from the experience. “The experience was amazing, I’ve never seen anything like that (stadium). I’m already looking forward to indoors next year, to World Champs, and doing it the right way, qualify (early) and not doing it the last minute.” Cathal Dennehy

4.45pm Walsh reflects on a 'disappointing' week

Michaela Walsh reflected on a "disappointing" week for Irish boxing as she became the latest fighter to be knocked out of the competition.

When asked about Ireland's record at the Games, Walsh believes some of her team-mates have been "hard done by".

Speaking post-fight, Walsh said: "I'm fully focused on myself, I'm obviously very disappointed for a lot of my team-mates.

"I feel a lot of them were really hard done by, most of them actually. There doesn't seem to be any consistency with the judging, but that's out of our control.

"All we can control is what we do in the ring and whatever those five judges decide outside that's all that can happen."

Walsh was competing in her second Olympics and was watched on in the crowd by her boxer brother Aidan, who lost to Makan Traore on Sunday, and she wished opponent Kamenova Staneva the best for the competition.

"It was a close fight, she's a great opponent," Walsh added.

"She's current European champion and I just wish her all the best going forward and hope she can go all the way, she's a great person as well, but unfortunately we just had to meet first round."

4.06pm Golf

Rory McIlroy has finished his second round at Le Golf National on two under for the day to sit five under overall and tied in 13 going into the weekend.

After an eventful round McIlroy spoke to RTÉ on the round. "To play the last three on even par and to have a double bogey in there. Two good birdies on 16 and 18 but obviously with the six in the middle but similiar story to yesterday. A few too many mistakes making the birdies and hitting the good shots,just need to try and limit the mistakes over the weekend."

Shane Lowry finished his second round on level par again today to leave him tied for 43 place on level par overall. A disappointed Lowry spoke to RTÉ after his round "Today was pretty similar to yesterday. I never really got anything going, it was a bit of a boring round. Ya disappointing but what can you do. 

"I tried my hardest out there but wasnt good enough. gave myself a lot of chances, the putter was cold and the leaders are flying away with it. I probably have given myself way too much to do so I am playing for pride this weekend now.

"I will go away this afternoon and reflect on the last two days and then give it a good go over the next two days and get myself as far up the leaderboard as I can."

3.23pm Boxing

Michaela Walsh has lost her first bout and exits the Olympics. Walsh had a long wait to get into the ring but was beaten well by Sveltana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria. This leaves just Kellie Harrington left for Team Ireland in the boxing. 

2.50pm Equestrian

Ireland have finished seventh in the Jumping Team final at the Chateau de Versailles. Shane Sweetnam jumped first for the Irish and finished with five penalties. Daniel Coyle was up second and jumped a clear round to leave the Irish in a good position for final jumper Cian O'Connor. O'Connor finished the round with nine penalties to leave Ireland on 14 penalties overall.

Great Britain took gold, with United States in silver and France bringing home the bronze.

12.34pm Sailing

Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove missed out on a podium place in the men’s skiff after they had to restart for crossing the start line too early.

On Thursday the race was twice postponed due to lack of wind in Marseille. It recommenced on Friday, but the Irish sailors never recovered from that opening error, finishing ninth place in the final outing. It means Ireland end on 91 points, just three points off bronze medallists USA on 88.

The Dubliners made their Olympic debut in Tokyo and headed into the final race second in the overall standings after outstanding performance in the series.

Spain's Diego Botin le Chever and Florian Trittel Paul dominated the final race to secure gold with 70 points. New Zealand's Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie won silver won the silver medal.

The medal race is a double points race so scores are added to the 10 qualifying boats' totals.

There are more Irish sailors in action on Friday. Eve McMahon takes on her third Women's dinghy race from 12:15. Finn Lynch competes in his Men's dinghy race 4 at 12:20. Maurice Brosnan.

11.55am Swimming

Ellen Walshe is through to the semi-final of the Women's 200m Individual Medley. She finished in sixth in her heat in a time of 2:11.81 and goes through to the semi-final in fifteenth place with the top sixteen going through. Walshe will race in the semi-final this evening at 8.22pm.

11.33am Scenes from  Skibbereen as McCarthy and O'Donovan make history

11.32am Lightweight Women's Double Sculls final

Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen finished in fifth in their ligthweight double sculls final. Great Britain took gold with Romania finishing in second and Greece winning bronze. 

11.10am  Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy make all kinds of history by retaining Olympic title

History made. More of it.

Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy have defended their lightweight double sculls Olympic title with another masterful row at these Paris Games.

They are the first Irish athletes to defend a title at this August level since Pat O’Callaghan put back-to-back hammer wins together in 1928 and 1932 and they will go down in the record books as the last ever lightweight men’s Olympic champions.

The Skibbereen pair arrived in Paris with some unfamiliar doubts circling around them. They had been beaten a couple of times in the preceding 12 months, the Swiss were considered dangerous but moreso the Italians who had dominated the circuit in 2024.

Speaking after the race O'Donovan said "No one believed we could do it. We're very happy to have proved the doubters wrong."

McCarthy said they duo were trying to keep on top of the nerves ahead of the race. "We were trying to keep the nerves under wraps. But before the final there were no nerves. We really felt we were back to our best." Brendan O'Brien

11.06 am Men's Lightweight Double Sculls final

Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are sitting in second place at the 1000m mark with Greece in first and Italy in third.

10.57am Athletics

It was a disappointing start for the Irish athletics team on the opening morning of action at the Stade de France today, with Cathal Doyle, Luke McCann and Andrew Coscoran all falling short of qualification for the 1500m semi-finals.

However, it’s not the end of the road for all three, with all non-qualifiers going into the repechage tomorrow evening, a new addition at these championships for flat events between 200m and 1500m. The top three in each of those races will advance to the semi-finals.  Cathal Dennehy

10.40am Enniskillen pair have to settle for 6th in rowing regatta

Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney have finished sixth in the final of the men's pair at the Olympic rowing regatta.

The two Enniskillen, rowers who have been competing together since their mid-teens, who were bronze medallists in last year’s World Championships in Belgrade, could not repeat the feat in what was a stacked field.

The legendary Sinkovic brothers, Martin and Valent, claimed the gold for Croatia, inching GB on the line in a thrilling finish. World champions Switzerland took the last of the podium places. Brendan O'Brien

10.17am Athletics

Cathal Doyle finished in ninth place in the 1500m Men's heats in a time of 3:37.82. With just the top six going through to the semi-final directly, Doyle will now go into the repechage round. 

9:25am: Shane Lowry in action

The Offaly man is out already in his second round at Le Golf National. He remains level par after two holes, tying for 41st. Leader Hideki Matsuyama is out at 9:44, starting at -8. Rory McIlroy is well placed at -3 and tee off at 10:06am. 

8:35pm: Our Good Morning Olympics podcast will set you up for the day 

Today's schedule

8.44am: Golf, Men’s Individual, Round 2, Shane Lowry 

11.06am: Golf, Men’s Individual, Round 2, Rory McIlroy 

9.54am: Rowing, Women’s Pair (W2-), B final, Aifric Keogh and Fiona Murtagh 

10.10am: Athletics, Men’s 1500m, Heat 1, Round 1, Cathal Doyle 

10.21am: Athletics, Men’s 1500m, Heat 2, Round 1, Luke McCann 

10.30am: Rowing, Men’s Pair (M2-), FINAL, Ross Corrigan, Nathan Timoney

10.32am: Athletics, Men’s 1500m, Heat 3, Round 1, Andrew Coscoran 

10.35am: Swimming, Women’s 200m IM, heats, Ellen Walshe, heat 5/5 

11.02am: Rowing, Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x), FINAL, Paul O’Donovan, Fintan McCarthy

11.05am: Sailing, Women’s Dinghy, Race 2 – rescheduled, Eve McMahon 

11.20am: Sailing, Men's Dinghy Race 3, Finn Lynch

12.13pm: Sailing, Men’s Skiff, RESCHEDULED MEDAL RACE, Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove

11.15am: Sailing, Women’s Dinghy, Race 3, Eve Mc Mahon 

11.22am: Rowing, Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x) FINAL, Aoife Casey, Margaret Cremen 

12.23pm: Sailing, Women’s Dinghy, Race 4, Eve Mc Mahon 

1.00pm: Equestrian, Show Jumping, Team FINAL, Shane Sweetnam, Cian O’Connor, Daniel Coyle 

2.30pm: Men’s Kayak Cross Time Trial, Noel Hendrick, Liam Jegou 

2.35pm: Sailing, Men’s Dinghy, Race 3, Finn Lynch 

2.46pm: Boxing, Women’s Featherweight (57kg), Last 16, Michaela Walsh v Svetlana Kamenova Staneva (BUL) 

3.40pm: Women’s Kayak Cross Time Trial, Madison Corcoran 

3.45pm: Sailing, Men’s Dinghy, Race 4, Finn Lynch 

4.00pm: Hockey, Men’s Pool B, Ireland v New Zealand

5.36pm: Athletics, Women’s 5000m, Round 1, Heat 2/2, Jodie McCann 

6.22pm: Athletics, 4x400m Mixed Relay, heat 2/2

7. 10pm: Athletics, Shot Put, Qualification Group A, Eric Favors 

7.30pm: Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle Final, Tom Fannon, *dependant on progression 

8.22pm: Swimming, Women’s 200m IM semi-final, Ellen Walshe, *dependant on progression