Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Paris Olympics Day Six: Irish in action – What time, what channel and all you need to know

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The first members of Team Ireland to compete on day six will be the rowers once again with Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin off in the Women’s Double Sculls B final at 9.30am, Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe and Imogen Magner going in the Women’s Coxless Four B final at 9.54am and Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch contest the Men’s Double Sculls A final at 10.30am with hopes of a medal.

Rory McIlroy begins the golf tournament at 10.10am alongside Scottie Scheffler & Ludvig Aberg. Shane Lowry follows at 11.44am and is out with Byeong Hun An & Nick Taylor.

In Equestrian Shane Sweetnam, Daniel Coyle, Cian O’Connor make up Ireland’s Show Jumping team with competition starting from 10am.

While all that is going on Tom Fannon and Shane Ryan take part in the Men’s 50m Freestyle heats in the pool at 10.32am and 10.37am respectively.

Also on the water from 11.15am is Finn Lynch who competes in race one of the Men’s Dinghy Series with Eve McMahon following in the Women’s event at 2.35pm. Finn’s second race goes off at 1.20pm with Eve back out at 4.43pm.

The Men’s Hockey team face Argentina looking for a first win in Pool B at 12.15pm while Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove go into the Men’s Skiff medal race from the silver medal position at 1.43pm.

Noel Hendrick goes in the Men’s Canoe Slalom K1 semi-finals from 2.30pm and will be hoping to book a spot in the final later in the afternoon.

Finally, Ireland have two boxers in the ring with Daina Moorehouse taking on France’s Wassila Lkhadiri in the Women’s 50Kg Round of 16 at 7pm and Jack Marley looking to secure a medal in his Men’s 92kg quarter-final against Daviat Boltaev of Tajikistan at 9.08pm.

Where to watch

You can watch all the action live on RTÉ Two and stream it on the RTÉ Player. BBC and Eurosport are also covering the Games.

What to read on Independent.ie

It’s been a remarkable couple of days in the pool for Team Ireland with Mona McSharry’s bronze followed up by that stunning swim from Daniel Wiffen to secure a first gold medal of the Games with his victory in the 800m Freestyle. Our team of Cathal Dennehy, Sinead Kissane and Sean McGoldrick were there and you can read their pieces below.

We also have the best of our day five reports from Sean, Cathal and Sinead including details on another medal as Kellie Harrington guaranteed herself at least a bronze.

Irish in action on day six (all times Irish)

9.30am Rowing, Women’s Double Sculls B final – Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin

9.54am Rowing, Women’s Four B final – Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe, and Imogen Magner

From 10am Equestrian, Show Jumping Team Qualifier – Cian O’Connor, Daniel Coyle and Shane Sweetnam

10.10am Golf, Men’s Individual Round 1 – Rory McIlroy

10.30am Rowing, Men’s Double Sculls final – Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch

10.32am Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle heats – Tom Fannon

10.37am Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle heats – Shane Ryan

11.15am Sailing, Men’s Dinghy Race 1 – Finn Lynch

11.44am Golf, Men’s Individual Round 1 – Shane Lowry

12.15pm Hockey, Men’s Pool B – Ireland v Argentina

1.20pm Sailing, Men’s Dinghy Race 2 – Finn Lynch

1.43pm Sailing, Men’s Skiff Medal Race – Robert Dickson & Seán Waddilove

2.30pm Canoe Slalom, Men’s K1 semi-final – Noel Hendrick

2.35pm Sailing, Women’s Dinghy Race 1 – Eve McMahon

4.43pm Sailing, Women’s Dinghy Race 2 – Eve McMahon

4.30pm Canoe Slalom, Men’s K1 final – Noel Hendrick *dependent on progression

7.00pm Boxing, Women’s 50kg Round of 16 – Daina Moorehouse (IRE) v Wassila Lkhadiri (FRA)

7.46pm Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle, semi-final – Tom Fannon, *dependent on progression

7.46pm Swimming, Men’s 50m Freestyle, semi-final – Shane Ryan, *dependent on progression

9.08pm Boxing, 92kg, Quarter-finals – Jack Marley (IRE) v Davlat Boltaev (TJK)

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