Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Lasers light up the Parisian night during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games on July 26th. Photograph: François-Xavier Marit/AFP via Getty Images
Woolley and his friends started doing this thing with their fingers for the photo, as if they were trying to snap them shut on a passing fly. The Korean lady found this hilarious and joined in, getting someone else to take the photo while she stood fingersnapping with her new Irish gang. When it was done, everybody hugged it out. Woolley stood off to the side and smiled, bathing in the simple pleasure of larking about on a night of long deferred freedom.
An underwater view shows Ireland's Daniel Wiffen competing in the Olympic final of the men's 800m freestyle swimming event in Paris. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images Ireland's Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan celebrate winning their Olympic gold medal in the lightweight men's double sculls. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images
Ireland’s Mona McSharry celebrates her bronze medal in the women's 100m breaststroke at the Olympic Games. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
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