Thursday, December 19, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics: What is happening on day 12 at the Olympics?

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Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire begin their bid for Olympic glory for Team Ireland in the women’s golf first round at Le Golf National on day 12 of competition at the Paris Games.

Meadow, from Jordanstown in Northern Ireland, is competing in her third Olympic Games after a tied for 31st finish in 2016 and a seventh place finish at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. She tees off at 08:00 BST.

Maguire [11:17], like her teammate, will compete in the Olympics for a third time, and goes in as a strong contender, having won the Aramco Team Series in July, where she became the first Irish golfer to win on the Ladies European Tour.

In athletics, Ireland medal hope Rhasidat Adeleke is back in action at the Stade de France in the 400m semi-finals at 19:45.

The 21-year-old stormed her way through a comfortable heat on Monday morning and was able to jog the final 30 metres as she took victory in 50.09 seconds.

Despite turning off the power in the closing stages, the Dublin athlete still finished 0.26 seconds ahead of US athlete Alexis Holmes.

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