Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch set best time while McClenaghan posts top score on way to pommel horse final; Ireland finish sixth in Sevens as France take gold; Dean Clancy loses out after tough contest
Olympics at a glance: Men’s double sculls and Rhys McClenaghan top Irish performances on Day 1Rhys McClenaghan not only qualified for the pommel final but topped the qualifying
But Ireland finished off brilliantly with Ward, arguably Ireland’s best player at these Olympic Games, and finisher-supreme Kennedy going over for the late tries. Indeed Kennedy’s score came in added time as he dragged US player Marcus Tupuola over the line with him to set off wild celebrations among the Irish fans at a packed Stade de France.
Nguyen returns to action on Monday to face 172 ranked Prince Dehal of Nepal who lost 2-0 earlier Saturday to World number 2 Viktor Den Axelson of Denmark.Ireland’s Ryan Mullen nears the end of the men’s individual time trial. Photograph: James Crombie/InphoRemco Evenepoel won the gold medal for Belgium six days on from finishing third in the Tour de France. His team-mate Wout van Aert took bronze.
Erin Riordan, Victoria Catterson and Grace Davison, making their Olympic debuts, joined Tokyo Olympian Danielle Hill in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay; Ireland’s first female relay at a Games since Munich 1972. The quartet were just outside the Irish record of 3:41.75 in 3:42.67, for eighth in their heat, after a great battle with Hong Kong in the next lane who touched just ahead in 3:42.42.
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