Thursday Morning Sport Update - Gold For Team Ireland At Tokyo

Paul O'Donovan & Fintan McCarthy win gold for Team Ireland

Olympics

Rowers Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy have been crowned Olympic champions in Tokyo.

The Skibbereen duo rowed home to gold in a thrilling final of the men's lightweight double sculls.

They finished strongly to pip Germany in a time of six-minutes and six-seconds to land Ireland's second medal of the Games.

There was disappointment for Sanita Puspure in the semi-finals of the women's singles.

The double world champion finished fifth in her semi-final with only the top three progressing to the medal race.

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Play is back underway in the golf after a break due to dangerous weather conditions.

Rory McIlroy will resume at one-under through 13 holes, with Shane Lowry level-par after 12.

Austria's Sepp Straka holds a two-shot clubhouse lead at eight-under.

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In sailing, Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove say they're feeling "pretty good" at the midway point of the 49er event.

They had second and sixth place finishes in their races today to move up to seventh overall.

Annalise Murphy has won race seven in the Lasar Radial.

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Derek Burnett finished in 26th position in the trap men's qualification in shooting and didn't advance to the final.

The Longford man is competing at his fifth Olympics.

Irish Judoka, Ben Fletcher, had an early elimination from the men's 100-kg category, losing by Waza-ari to Mukhammadkarim Khurramov of Uzbekistan.

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Swimmer Shane Ryan has his 100-metres butterfly heat at around midday Irish time.

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Three athletes are among 24 new coronavirus cases connected to the Olympics.

A spokesperson says two people connected to the games are now in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

Meanwhile multiple members of the Australian athletics team are isolating after coming into close contact with a positive case.

The number of linked infections, since the 1st of July, is now at 193.

Gaelic Games

Kildare Ladies u16s are Leinster champions this morning.

Kildare beat Meath  3-18 to 2-06 in Kinnegad last night.

Soccer

Celtic's hopes of securing Champions League football this season have come to an end with a 2-1 extra-time defeat to FC Midtjylland.

The result in Denmark sealed a 3-2 aggregate defeat over the two legs of their qualifier.

Former Celtic striker Andy Walker says it's clear new boss Ange Postecoglou has inherited a squad in need of a major overhaul.

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Bohemians and Dundalk have the chance to reach the third-round of qualifying for the Conference League later.

Bohs will kick off 1-1 up against Dudelange of Luxembourg in front of eight-thousand fans at the Aviva Stadium.

Dundalk are locked at 2-2 heading into the away leg of their tie with Estonia's Levadia Tallinn.

Racing

Today's feature at the Galway Races is the Guinness Galway Handicap Hurdle.

'Magic Tricks' and 'Winner Takes All' are the leading contenders in a field which also includes 'Belfast Banter'.

The big race goes to post at 6.15pm.