Olympics: Mixed start for Kate O'Connor in heptathlon

O’Connor has the shot put to come at 6.35pm Irish time this evening followed by the 200m at 7.55pm.

ON THE UP: Ireland's Kate O'Connor following the Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles at the Stade de France. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

Kate O’Connor had a mixed opening morning in the heptathlon at the Stade de France, the Dundalk athlete well off her best in the 100m hurdles but bouncing back brilliantly with a season’s best in the high jump.

The 23-year-old is Ireland’s first-ever Olympian in the heptathlon, though her Games didn’t get off to the start she wanted, O’Connor left behind in the first of seven events, clocking 14.08 in the 100m hurdles.