No medal joy for Irish show jumpers in Versailles

NO JOY: Daniel Coyle of Team Ireland riding Legacy in action during the Jumping Individual Final. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ireland’s hopes of claiming an eighth medal at Paris 2024 came to naught on Tuesday morning as Daniel Coyle and Shane Sweetnam failed to produce the clean round needed.

The pair had qualified third and second best in the show jumping individual event and so had a superbly panoramic view of the state of play after the bones of the 28-strong field had already played their part.