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It’s another busy day for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games.

Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch are the first Irish rowers to take on a final this week.

They’re in lane-3 for the Men’s Double Sculls final, which gets underway at 10.30am.

The Women’s Four team will go into the B final around now, while Alison Bergin and Zoe Hyde finished fourth in the women’s Double Sculls B final to finish 10th overall.

Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove can also secure a medal today.

A top-4 finish in the Men’s Skiff medal race will guarantee them a place on the podium.

Staying on the water, and Finn Lynch and Eve McMahon get their respective dinghy campaigns underway.

Noel Hendrick goes in the Semi Finals of the Men’s K1 Canoe Slalom this afternoon.

Jack Marley can secure Ireland’s second boxing medal of the games with victory over Davlat Boltaev of Tajikistan in the men’s heavyweight quarter-finals.

And Daina Moorehouse will make her Olympic debut, facing World Championship bronze medallist Wassila Lkhadiri in the flyweight last-16.

Last night, Roscommon Middleweight Aoife O’Rourke was beaten by Poland’s Elzbieta Wojcik in a contentious split decision.

In the pool this morning, Tom Fannon competes in the heats of the 50-metre freestyle – if he qualifies, he’ll return for the semis tonight.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry represent Ireland in the men’s golf, which gets underway today at Le Golf National.

McIlroy is level par through three, while Lowry tees off just before 10.45am.

It’s do or die for the Ireland men’s hockey team today, if they want to progress to the quarter-finals.

Only a win will do against Argentina – that gets underway at 12.15pm.

Cian O’Connor is part of the Irish Showjumping team that will take part in qualifying this morning.

The top ten of the 20 countries involved will advance to the final.

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