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Olympics: Ireland’s Kellie Harrington celebrates with her gold medal after her victory in Paris last night. Photograph: James CrombieLatest news from the world of sport, along with the best in opinion from our outstanding team of sports writersin the purpose-built ring at Roland Garros last night, with an audience of 15,000 cheering her on. The Irish fighter retained the lightweight crown she won in Tokyo three years ago by beating China’s Wenlu Yang 4-1.
There was disappointment also for Jack Woolley, the Tallaght taekwondo star. He lost to his Azeri opponent in the last 16 and now has to hope Gashim Magomedov makes the final which would give Woolley a chance in the bronze medal repechage. Malachy Clerkin heard from Woolley after the fight: “I don’t think anybody comes to the Olympics to not get a medal. I’ve obviously very devastated but if you’d told me six months ago that I’d be here in the first place, I would have laughed at you.
Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow were out on the course this morning for the first round of the women’s golf, while Finn Lynch’s rescheduled medal race gets under way this afternoon. Sadly his medal hopes are most likely over.Olympics: Bell ringing becomes a big hit of the Gamesin Versailles, on a course which proved so demanding that only the three riders of 30 finalists managed to go clear. Coyle’s medal hopes came unstuck when his mare Legacy lost a shoe and he lost a stirrup.
Ireland’s women’s pursuit team of Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie, Kelly Murphy and Alice Sharpe knocked over three seconds off the national record in the qualifying round of the Team Pursuit at the Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome, buton progressing to the next round. The quartet, all racing in their first Olympics, finished the 4km race in 4:12.447 to come ninth overall.who is chasing two titles in seven days after defending her Poc Fada crown earlier this week.
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