There’s another busy and fascinating day in store in Rio.
The big draw? Michael Conlan will have plenty of pressure on his shoulders as he climbs into the ring this afternoon. He’s the last male boxer left on Team Ireland.
Katie Taylor, of course, is then out tomorrow.
The golfers will wrap up their tournament and who knows, Pádraig Harrington might continue to climb that leaderboard.
Our three female marathon runners are off at lunchtime and Ciara Mageaan goes in the 1500m tonight.
Here’s a full run down of today’s schedule.
The Waterford native has just started his final day’s work in Rio, with Pádraig Harrington to come later.
Breege Connolly, Lizzie Lee and Fionnuala McCormack are all set for a 1.30pm start to the marathon.
Let’s see how the Irish trio get on in what could be tough conditions. The scenery should be beautiful though.
Ireland’s only showjumper will go at 2pm in Rio. It’s on RTÉ News Now if you want to catch it on telly.
The Thurles man is gearing up for a 1st Qualifier.
The three-time major winner is about to get his medal bid underway.
At 10km in the marathon, Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba and Tugist Tufa lead Kenya’s Visiline Jepkeshko.
As for the Irish; McCormack is up to a promising 60th, 1:19 behind. Lee and Connolly are at 102nd and 114th respectively.
We thought, after yesterday, that Pádraig Harrington was our best shot at a medal on the golf course.
But Seamus Power has started like a rocket.
The Waterford native has birdied five of his first six holes and is up to a tie for fourth!
Fionnuala McCormack making plenty of progress. She’s worked her way up to 52nd now. Cork runner Lizzie Lee is 95th with Breege Connolly at 110th.
McCormack is up to 40th after 20kms. Lizzie Lee is in 88th with Breege Connolly 103rd.
So next to one of our real medal hopes.
It’s been a while coming and the veteran of London 2012 has had to watch all but Katie Taylor take to the ring and be eliminated since he’s arrived in Brazil.
Conlan takes on Armenia’s Aram Avagyan next.
Back on the golf course — before we concentrate on the boxing for a bit — it’s three pars on the bounce for Waterford’s Seamus Power. That keeps him six under and three shots off bronze in a tie for fifth.
The Wicklow woman in motoring.
She is now 3 minutes and 47 seconds behind the leading group of seven and is on track for a PB.
The Irish boxer looked impressive in his first round of the Games, landing some good shots and staying out of trouble.
All three judges awarded that one to the Belfast man.
The Belfast man is in control.
That was a great performance and the Belfast man is into the quarter-finals.
Greg Broderick has just completed his first round with Going Global in the Jumping Individual 1st Qualifier.
He was going well until a late eight-point penalty.
The Wicklow woman put in a classy performance to come home 20th in a time of 2:31:22.
That’s good going from the Leevale athlete – in a time of 2:39.57.
Our reporter Sinead O’Carroll is at the finish line and reports a 76th-place finish for Connolly.
It looks like it’ll be Rose v Stenson for the gold.
Seamus Power though is -7 — like four others — through 13. There are four more on -8. Pádraig Harrington is five under through eight.
A thrilling final round for Seamus Power as he finishes with a four-under par 67 to sit in a tie for 14th.
After starting with five birdies inside his opening six holes, the Waterford man found himself just one place off a medal at one point but he ran out of steam down the home straight to fall off the pace slightly.
Nonetheless, a terrific round of golf from Power and now he can put his feet up and watch the race for gold develop.
Pádraig Harrington, meanwhile, isn’t having the afternoon he would have wanted as he finds himself two-over for the day.
Not the round Pádraig wanted. The three-time Major winner cards a final round 73 to fall off the pace and his hopes of an Olympic medal quickly faded as the afternoon progressed.
In the end, he finishes on three-under par.
The Irish athlete came 11th in her semi-final in Rio tonight.
