Although the Irish boxers stole the show, particularly Kellie Harrington, there was plenty of other Team Ireland action at the 2023 European Games in Krakow today.
It was a mixed bag in terms of results, although some athletes did keep their medal hopes alive.
Men's triathlon
Out early this morning were James Edgar and Luke McCarron in the triathlon. They achieved 41st and 47th place respectively.
Edgar peaked in 23rd position, having had a fantastic swim in his strongest discipline, with the trailing McCarron engaged in an entertaining battle with former world champion Mario Mola of Spain.
The Irish duo both slipped back on the 40 kilometre cycle, before strong runs saw them finish inside the top 50.
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Diver Clare Cryan also started at 9am, with a top-12 finish vital in her preliminary group in order to qualify for the final.
She got off to a fantastic start, and after three of her five dives were completed, she sat on a score of 150.65 in fifth position.
Unfortunately, that was as good as it got, as Cryan finished 22nd out of 25 divers, achieving just 37.2 points for her final two efforts.
Men's sabre
The Irish men's fencing team, consisting of three players, lost out this morning to Spain on a 45-32 scoreline, a defeat which consigned them to the 9-16th place play-offs.
A narrow defeat to Iceland was followed by an eight-point win over Slovakia, leading to a 14th place play-off against Azerbaijan.
Despite a 15-point loss, the Irish team described themselves as the "happiest team" on the piste, and said they had had a "magical time" in Poland.
Women's pentathlon
Ireland's Sive Brassil battled hard on her way to a 15th placed finish in the women's pentathlon preliminary round.
It wasn't enough to take her to the final, but she seemed satisfied with her performance:
"I've learned a lot from the camp, so I'll go home now with my coaches and team and we'll work towards the next competition and next season".
Badminton
There was plenty in the line of badminton action on Wednesday, with Rachel Darragh and Nhat Nguyen both tasting defeat in their respective women's and men's singles encounters.
Darragh's defeat put her in third position in her four-team pool, with French opponent Qi Xuefei topping the group with her 21-18, 24-22 victory.
Nguyen did manage to qualify for the last 16 despite defeat, coming second having already beaten Slovakian and British opponents this week.
In the doubles, Moya Ryan and Kate Frost are unlikely to progress even with a victory at 19:50 tonight, with a defeat to the Sjoo sisters of Sweden looking costly.
The men's doubles, Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds had been sitting second prior to a match against 4th placed Azerbaijan, but defeat leaves three teams tied. The Irish now require a win from Great Britain over their Italian opponents at 18:55 to progress.
