Beijing 2008

Tim Goodbody took 15th in Race 8 in the Finn class to place 21st overall in the 2008 Olympics Sailing Regatta. Goodbody is the first of the Irish Sailors to complete their regatta.

Roisin McGettigan ran a season's best of 9:28.92 in finishing second in her heat of the 3000m steeplechase to qualify for the final.
Fionnuala Britton ran a season's best time of 9:43.57 but failed to make the final.

Ireland's Denis Lynch incurred just one time fault in his opening Olympic round at Sha Tin, Hong Kong this afternoon (Friday), and will now go through to the next individual qualifier on Sunday.

Robert Heffernan finished a magnificent 8th in the final of the Mens 20k Walk in extremely hot and humid conditions in Beijing.

Minister for Sport, Martin Cullen met Irish Olympic Team members in the Olympic Village and spoke highly of the Olympic set up.

Darren Sutherland and Paddy Barnes make what coach Billy Walsh feels will be a dramatic entry into the tournament having been given byes earlier this week.

The brilliant performance of canoeist Eoin Rheinisch has reawakened the call for the creation of a Beijing-style canoeing slalom course in Ireland.

Joanne Cuddihy has failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Women's 400m in Beijing. Cuddihy finished sixth in heat four, in a time of 53.32 seconds.This was Cuddihy's first race since June due to a knee injury.

Ireland's Darren Sutherland is through to the last eight of the Men's Middleweight division.He defeated Nabil Kassel 21-14, but was much more comprehensive in the closing rounds than the score card indicates.

Pauline Curley finished 63rd in the Olympic Marathon in a time of 2:47.16. The race was won by Constantina Dita of Romania in

Ireland have finished fourth in the Men's Lightweight Four B final.Gearóid Towey had to withdraw as a spate of illnesses hit the regatta.Towey was replaced by Richard Coakley for the race.

Tim Goodbody took 15th in Race 8 in the Finn class to place 21st overall in the 2008 Olympics Sailing Regatta. Goodbody is the first of the Irish Sailors to complete their regatta.