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It was all going too well - Gav and Sinéad react to abrupt disappointments for Mona McSharry and Aoife O’Rourke before then remembering that Kellie Harrington secured Ireland’s third medal only hours earlier.

Gav reports back from the sensation that is Leon Marchand at the La Defense Arena - he won two gold medals in the pool on another raucous night.

Swimming has been the game’s highlight so far, but overhanging it all is the Chinese doping scandal and athletes’ dented confidence in the global anti-doping programme. Gav and Sinéad discuss how it has affected these Games.

We also get an explainer on the men’s skiff sailing as Ireland look primed for medal contention tomorrow, Sinéad meets Ireland’s favourite Olympian.

Plus: Boomer skateboarders, Rory McIlroy’s favourite Olympic sport, and the insane Canada story rolls on.

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Daniel Wiffen has become the first man to win an Olympic medal for Ireland in the pool - and it's a golden one.

Gav and Sinéad were there to witness both the historic 800m race and the Armagh swimmer's answer to an American's question: 'What do you want people to know about you now that you've announced yourself to the world?'

Earlier, suncream and the actual sun made covering BMX an extreme sport for Gav, while Sinéad challenged herself to report back to Olympics Daily listeners on how Simone Biles is faring - while still making it to the swimming finals.

Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we've already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O'Carroll reporting from across the city.

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And we're off. Ireland has its first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games courtesy of Sligo swimmer Mona McSharry.

The 23-year-old touched the wall 0.01 seconds ahead of fourth-placed Italian Benedetta Pilato. Gav and Sinéad were there to witness it all, and to chat to the country's newest minted medalist.

Earlier in the day, Gav witnessed the remarkable focus of Kellie Harrington as she vies to win back-to-back golds. Meanwhile, Sinéad was one glance of a back away from her greatest day as an Olympic journalist.

Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we’ve already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll reporting from across the city.

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Mona McSharry smashed the Irish record in qualifying for the 100m breaststroke final: Sinead reports from poolside and tells us whether we can now expect her to medal in tomorrow’s final.

Gavin meanwhile has suspicions around his reputation confirmed as Jack Marley vomits at the thought of being interviewed by him. (Kind of.) We hear of how Marley has totally flipped the atmosphere among the Irish boxing team after a very difficult start.

Olympic champions Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are trying to convince the world they are actually rank outsiders in the rowing, but Gavin explains why he isn’t buying his Yerrah on the Water act.

And Sinead recounts the experience of seeing a true GOAT, Simone Biles, up close.

Plus: a daft football comeback, forgotten sunscreen, and how Paris is actually willing to pardon our French.

Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we’ve already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll reporting from across the city.

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Antoine Dupont’s audacious bid for Olympic gold came to pass at a raucous Stade de France - Sinead reports as 80,000 French fans along with most of the media lost their minds amid the glory of it all. Gavin reports from the gymnastics arena, as Rhys McClenaghan holds his nerve to qualify for next Saturday’s Olympic final. We learn how he did so, in a brutally difficult sport.

We run through some other impressive Irish performances on Day One of the Games: Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch put themselves in serious medal contention in the rowing, while cyclist Ryan Mullen had to battle hope and hypothermia.

Plus: Fifa’s absurdly harsh reaction to Canada’s spygate, and is the Taoiseach’s entrance music really Maniac 2000?

Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we’ve already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll reporting from across the city.

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A rainy day befell Paris on what should have been the most glamorous event of the year for this cycle of Olympians. The Opening Ceremony, conducted down the river Seine, promised spectacle and freshness but did it deliver?

Sinéad and Gav discuss the rights and wrongs of Ireland's choice of uniform and selection of flagbearers, as well as who had the better draw of assignments on Day 0 of Paris 2024. Plus, why Gav has eventually got one up on Gianni Infantino.

Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we've already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O'Carroll reporting from across the city.

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Gav falls in love with Rugby 7s despite Ireland bowing out after a tough day in Stade de France. Upsets galore and the irresistible story of France and their beloved Antoine DuPont made for an excellent Day -1 at Paris 2024.

Meanwhile, Gav and Sinéad run through Ireland's greatest medal hopes from the rowers of Skibbereen to Zaur Antia's boxers.

Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we've already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O'Carroll reporting from across the city.

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Olympics Daily will bring you all the action from Paris 2024 every day - from the Irish medals (fingers crossed) to the scandal and gossip (we've already got some) - with Gavin Cooney and Sinead O'Carroll reporting from across the city.

The Olympics kicks off on Friday but actually it started today (Wednesday). Gav made his way from Longford to the Stade de France to watch French rugby fans worship Antoine Dupont in a 7s tournament which also features Ireland's Hugo Keenan in an impressive lineup of other extremely fast Irish men.

Elsewhere, football was embarrassing itself as the rest of the athletes train in preparation for their events which start in earnest on Saturday morning.

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Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll report from the 2024 Olympics in Paris to dive into the glory, heartbreak, controversy and gossip every single night.

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