Team Ireland have secured their first medal at Tokyo
Olympics
Team Ireland have their first medal at the Toyko Olympics.
The women's rowing four crew of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty have secured bronze this morning.
They powered home in the last 500-metres to edge ahead of Great Britain into third place.
Skibbereen duo Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy warmed up for their lightweight men's doubles pair medal race tomorrow by posting a world's best time in winning their semi.
Boxer Kurt Walker is one victory away from winning a medal.
The Antrim featherweight is through to the quarter-finals after a split decision victory over number one seed Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov.
Roscommon's Aoife O'Rourke has her middleweight last-16 bout against China's Qian Li later this morning.
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The Irish women's hockey team will need a win against India or Great Britain if they're to progress to the quarter-finals.
Sean Dancer's side have lost 4-2 to Germany and have one win and two defeats from their opening three Pool A matches.
Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove have slipped back to 11th place overall after day of sailing's 49er event.
While Megan Fletcher was beaten by Michaela Polleres of Austria in the round of 32 in judo.
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Later this morning, Nhat Nguyen faces Wang Tzu-wei of Taipei in the badminton's last-32.
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Having reached the 100-metres final, swimmer Mona McSharry goes in the heats of the 200-metres breaststroke.
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American gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final of the individual all-around competition.
The four time gold medallist pulled out of the team event yesterday - saying she needed to focus on her mental health.
Further involvement for Biles in Tokyo will be assessed on a day-to-day basis.
Gaelic Games
Last night's local fixture results,
2021 Senior Hurling League Division 3
Sarsfields 3-15 V Naas 2-7
2021 Reserve League Div. 4
Allenwood 5-14 V Ellistown 0-11
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The Kildare Ladies team for the Leinster U16 A Championship Final v Meath has been named.
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