𝓑𝓸𝓷𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓼 👋🇫🇷 23 Irish athletes were officially selected to be part of Team Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris yesterday ☘️ Congratulations to the athletes, their coaches, clubs and support staff 🤩 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 ⬇️ 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

"After the last Olympics and so narrowly missing out, I wanted to put everything I had into getting to this. I didn’t want to have any regrets." Feature on heptathlete Kate O'Connor, who's back flying high after enduring lots of heartbreak with injuries. independent.ie/sport/olympics…

🏸 | BADMINTON Nhat Nguyen wins a hard fought Game 1 21-17! #TeamIreland | #Paris2024

**Nguyen beats 3 time European medalist in opening match of the 2024 Paris Olympics** Nhat Nguyen 🇮🇪 beat Misha Zilberman 🇮🇱 21-17 19-21 21-13 after 91 minutes of play. In his next match he will face Prince Dahal 🇳🇵 on Monday. 💪☘️ Photo Credit 📸 Badminton Photo

🏸| Badminton Make a racquet for Nhat! Nhat Nguyen romps to second victory in his group Beat Prince Dahal (Nepal) in 2 sets 21-7 21-5 #TeamIreland #Paris2024

Kate O'Connor will be competing in the 100m Hurdles tomorrow at 9:05 BST. This is first event of the Women's Heptathlon at the Olympic Games. Catch the action on BBC iPlayer. #Paris2024

🏃🏼‍♀️ | ATHLETICS A big morning for Dundalk woman Kate O’Connor who becomes the first Irish athlete to compete in the Heptathlon at the Olympics 🤩 Her first event is the 100m Hurdles where she goes in heat one at 9:05am 🙌 #TeamIreland | #Paris2024

Kate O'Connor is up and running in the heptathlon🤩14.08 for 967 points clocked in this morning's 100m hurdles👏 📸@Sportsfilesam #TeamIreland | #IrishAthletics | #Paris2024

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 967 points after 1 event

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 1908 points after 2 events

Rockin' it in style at an Olympic Games😎 💫Kate O'Connor #TeamIreland | #IrishAthletics | #Paris2024

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 2688 points after 3 events

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics    #Paris2024    #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 3596 points after 4 events

Kate O'Connor sitting in 19th with 3596 points after Day 1 of the Women's Heptathlon at the Olympics 🔥 👉 100m Hurdles - 14.08 (967 points) 👉 High Jump - 1.77 SB (941 points) 👉 Shot Put - 13.79 (780 points) 👉 200m - 24.77 SB (908 Points) Day 2 tomorrow on BBC iPlayer.

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 4382 points after 5 events

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 5249 points after 6 events

In the #heptathlon Katherine O'Connor at #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIreland #IrishAthletics with 6167 points after 7 events

🏃🏼‍♀️ | ATHLETICS Kate O’Connor’s debut Olympics draw to a close with the Dundalk athlete finishing 14th overall in the Women’s Heptathlon on 6167 points 🤩 She finishes her final event of seven, the 800m, in a season’s best of 2:13.25 🙌 #TeamIreland | #Paris2024

Olympian*Kate O'Connor's* welcome home party in St Gerard's Hall, Redemptorist Dundalk on Sunday 15th September, at 3.30pm.

Excellent 4th place for Kate O’Connor in the Combined Events World Tour, finishing one place higher than in 2023 Athletics NI Athletics Ireland