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If Sunday is supposed to be the day of rest, someone clearly forgot to tell the Olympic organisers. After a hectic opening first day, we’re straight back into the thick of it with another full programme — and the best part is that we’re only just getting started.
Here’s what you can expect on day two in London.
Top of the bill
Ireland’s stars There’s a quiet confidence in sailing circles about Peter O’Leary and David Burrows’s medal chances in the men’s star. We’ll have a better idea of how the duo are set after their first two races at 1.35pm and 2.50pm.
Kitajima They call him “the frog king” and tonight, Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima looks to become the first man to three-peat in an Olympic swimming event. Already the double-double champion having won 100m and 200m breaststroke gold in both Athens and Beijing, Kitajima has his first stab at history in the 100 final at 8.11pm.
The new “Dream Team”? Step aside Jordan, Johnson, Barkley, Bird; it’s time for LeBron, Kobe, Durant and Westbrook to take centre stage. America’s star-studded team from Barcelona 92 is still the benchmark by which all Olympic basketball teams are judged but that won’t stop the current crop of NBA icons from trying to outdo their predecessors. They begin the defence of their gold medal against Tony Parker’s France at 2.30pm.
Back in the ring John Joe Nevin and Darren O’Neill set the tone for Ireland’s boxers yesterday and today it’s the turn of Bray BC welterweight Adam Nolan to make his Olympic bow. He’s facing a late night though as his last 32 bout against Carlos Sanchez Estacio won’t start until after 10.15pm.
Who’s flying the Irish flag?
Swimming: Barring any last minute changes of heart, we’ll have three Irish swimmers in the pool today. Melanie Nocher is first up in the heats of the 100m backstroke which get underway at 10am. Teenage swimming sensation Sycerika McMahon goes in heat four of the 100m breaststroke (from 10.43am) where she’ll have good company in defending champion Leisel Jones of Australia. After skipping yesterday’s 400m medley, Gráinne Murphy gets her Olympics underway in the heats of the 400m freestyle from 11.23.
Equestrian: The two remaining members of Ireland’s eventing team are in dressage action. Twenty-three-year-old Camilla Speirs goes on Portersize Just A Jiff at 11.52am before Mark Kyle and the brilliantly-named Coolio close out the Irish interest at 3.10pm.
Canoeing: Kildare’s Eoin Rheinisch will be hoping to go one better than his agonising fourth-place finish in Beijing four years ago. He goes in the heats of the K1 slalom at 2.49pm.
Sailing: Medal hopeful Peter O’Leary and David Burrows launch their star campaign with their first two races this afternoon. They’re in action at 1.35pm and again at 2.50pm.
Badminton: Chloe Magee from Raphoe, County Donegal takes to the court for her opening group game in the women’s singles. Magee, ranked 44th in the world, is up against number 113 Hadia Hosny of Egypt at 8.17pm.
Boxing: After yesterday’s success for Nevin and O’Neill, Bray BC welterweight Adam Nolan is the only Irish fighter in the ring today. He goes up against Carlos Sanchez Estacio of Colombia after 10.15pm.
Do not miss…
Basketball
Men’s group stages — USA v France — 2.30pm
Diving
Women’s synchronised 3m — China, Canada, Italy — 3pm final
Water Polo
Men’s group stages — Serbia v Hungary — 3.30pm
Soccer
Men’s group stages — Great Britain v United Arab Emirates — 7.45pm
Swimming
Women’s 100m backstroke – Missy Franklin, Anastasia Zueva, Melanie Nocher — 10am heats, 8.49pm semi-finals
Men’s 4x100m free relay — Australia, USA, France — 11.56am heats, 9pm final
Men’s 100m breaststroke — Kosuke Kitajima, Cameron van der Burgh, Christian Sprenger — 8.11pm final
Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him
Top player.
Super performance and result albeit against a woeful Watford. Unlikely to be a worse performance by any PL team this season. Salah is unbelievable and his goal was magical, give him the contract his performances and goals deserve. Great to see Firmino scoring. Though Kelleher had nothing to do he kept his concentration to make a very good save at the end. Gonna be a tight title race. Surprised Salah and Mane played the 90 minutes, Minamino could have done with game time especially against that Watford team.
Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch him…..Firmino not bad either : )
Time to sack Ranieri…….
@John S: dilly ding dilly dong
@Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone
Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us
Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!
Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him
Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PL side as bad as that Watford side today….if they lost 10-0 it wouldn’t have been a surprise! Woeful…
@Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for you…. :)
@Gordon Larney: no need to fix anything. That was the worst performance I’ve ever seen from a PL side, dreadful stuff and Liverpool could have put 10 past them.
@Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.
Salah in great form. But how long canhe hold that form? He has 20-25 goals in him a season, but he’s up and down. If he held this form, he’d be close to 40 goals?
Bigger tests against Athletico and United on the way.
@Finn Faulkner: did you like your own comment…
@Finn Faulkner: how long can he do that. ? He has been doing it for the last 4 seasons. 104 goals in 166 games in the Premier league but you think he should score more. Okay so
@Finn Faulkner: you’re gonna need bigger bait on that hook ….
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: But by that metric 4 seasons at 40 goals would be 160 goals. He hasn t done that. But my point is that if he can keep that killer hat on his head for a prolonged period, and with our squad almost injury free, he could break records for us. I’m HOPING he keeps this lethal form indefinitely. He still can’t be put in the Messi/Ronaldo category until he starts being seriously clinical. I’d love to see him win the Balloon d’Or this year (or the next)
@len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, it’s 102 in 153 for Liverpool
@Shane Roche: It’s still an amazing number of goals per season, but I think he can go even further, he needs to keep this current form. Biggest tests are against Athletico and then United.
That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..
As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.