With the number of Irish athletes competing at the Olympics in Paris beginning to wind down, Day 13 will see the first Irish athlete to qualify for the Games make her debut.
Kate O’Connor qualified via the quota system by one place, going down to the last day of the qualification period to see if she would make it.
The Dundalk athlete won silver in the Commonwealth Games in 2022 following a successful rise through the junior rankings.
The 23-year-old secured her position for Paris by having her highest scoring competition, since her Commonwealth medal winning exploits, in Germany at the end of June.
Meanwhile, Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will be back out on the golf course for the second round of the women’s singles tournament.
Both Irish golfers are T50 and have work to do after shooting +6 in the opening round of the tournament.
Thursday 8 August
(In order of start time)
GOLF
0800-1700 Women’s singles second round: Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow
Leona Maguire tee-time 0922 with Georgia Hall of Great Britain and Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa.
Stephanie Meadow tee-time 0955 with Perrine Delacour of France and Manon De Roey of Belgium.
ATHLETICS
0905-2012 Women’s Heptathlon Day 1: Kate O’Connor
100m hurdles from 0905-0922 (O’Connor in Heat 1)
High jump from 1005-1149 (O’Connor in Group A)
Shot put from 1835-1917 (O’Connor in Group B)
200m from 1955-2012 (O’Connor in Heat 1)
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