Episode 2103: Not-So-Super Sunday For Ireland In Tokyo, McClenaghan Mishaps, Walker Heart-break, McIlroy Play-Off Woes
We were all so full of hope on Saturday night – we could go to bed, and when we awoke, maybe Kurt Walker would have won a bronze medal at least, Aidan Walsh could have progressed to an Olympic final… maybe Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy could do something at the golf, and Rhys McClenaghan could win us gold while we ate our breakfast?
Shane Lowry & Rory McIlroy are in the mix after their third rounds. So that’ll be Lowry, McIlroy, Kurt Walker & Rhys McClenaghan all going for medals tomorrow morning. And Aidan Walsh trying to upgrade his bronze to silver. Crazy stuff.
— Eoin McDevitt (@EoinMcDevitt) July 31, 2021
As it turned out, none of those things happened – we talk to Sinead O’Carroll and Cathal Dennehy live from the Olympic stadium in Tokyo, about a really disappointing day for Team Ireland, why Rhys McClenaghan deserves more than just platitudes, the lessons he can learn and the armchair psychology he can ignore, for Paris in 3 years time.
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Tokyo 2020: Bittersweet for Irish boxing as Kurt Walker falls just short https://t.co/Fm9MQmypzE via @IrishTimesSport
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) August 2, 2021
Plus there’s the return of Hoggwatch, why a 7-way playoff is such good telly, the night of nights for Italy, and why mixed team events in the Olympics are so much fun.
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