ireland's kellie harrington successfully defended her 60kg boxing title.ar—old claimed a split 4:1 decision over china's yang wenlu at roland garros and announced it's her last fight. she is retiring. her gold means paris is the most successful olympics in ireland's history, four golds, three bronze so far. the nigerian boxer imane khelif whose eligibility was called the algerian boxer imane khelif whose eligibility was called to question will fight for olympic gold on friday. she won her welterweight semifinal against thailand's janjaem suwannapheng by a unanimous points decision. she's one of two boxers competing in paris despite being banned from last year's world championships by the international association after they were reported to have failed eligibility tests to compete in the women's category. the ioc believed the iba to be discredited. training for the open water swimming was cancelled tuesday due to more concerns over water quality in the river seine. the fifth time the issue forced a familiarisation event to be cancelled. the men's triathalo

ireland's kellie harrington said, "there are no more mountain's to climb" as she announced her retirmentinning back to back golds. the 34—year—old ends her career as a two—time olympic champion and a world and european champion. she beat china's wenlu yang to successfully defend the lightweight title she won in tokyo, and said afterwards it was time to move on with the rest of her life. the next chapter is going to be my life chapter and who knows what that is going to be but i can't wait. i can't wait to just live my life, i can't wait to just live me life, not that i'm not living me life, what are you talking about? but to not be looking at the scales every morning. after concerns had been raised about the water quality in the river seine, the women's triathlon gold medal winner, cassandra beaugrand, says she's competed in worse conditions. familiarisation events had to be cancelled five times, and the men's triathlon also had to be postponed. the mixed triathlon took place as scheduled on monday, but a day later, pollution levels were deemed unsafe. despite the issues, beuagrand won f

ireland's kellie harrington has announced her retirement from boxing after winning back to back golds wenlu yang to successfully defend the lightweight title she won in tokyo. she said afterwards it was time to move on with the rest of her life. the next chapter is going to be my life chapter and who knows what that is going to be but i can't wait. i can't wait to just live my life, not that i'm not living my life, what are you talking about? but to not be looking at the scales every morning. the two chinese divers led the way in qualifying for the mens 3m springboard final. but team gb�*s jack laugher is safely through in the third place, and jordan holden willjoin him in thursday's final after he finished fifth. laugher is looking for his second medal in paris having got bronze in the synchro event. former chelsea women's boss emma hayes has her sights set on gold after guiding the usa team to the olympic final. the americans sealed their spot after a tense 1—0 win over germany — sophia smith scoring in extra time. they'll face brazil next. the usa are looking to win a 5th gold med

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kelly harrington, winning 2 goals back to back. fair play to kelly a girl from a working class or your daughter not far from where i'm from. she actually took on the oh jerry and i believe and gave him a good kick and this became the big talk a point to the olympics. even harry potter's mother a getting involved. that's all the look of the dispute dition out some domestic bliss to the ladies, one of the 1000 and from the evidence to the guys in the red. okay. yeah. oh my gosh. i mean, that's just a look at this right in that light of the final round of the decision. but this is this, this is a good i never go hit so hard in my life. that's what one of them said, right. do you tell the girl the girl actually said to her coach right now that she is? she's saying that i qualified him, he's a man. well, you know, this is the welcome to 2024. yeah. look on the lady, right? yeah. so interestingly, this guy had been fund as a female competitor by the was a big box of associations. check it out. yeah, he'd already been excluded, but the olympians decided, you know, hey on are welcome. even if

a ireland's kellie harrington said "there are no more mountain's to climb" as she announced her retirment after winning back to back golds. the 34—year—old ends her career as a two—time olympic champion and a world and european champion. she beat china's wenlu yang to successfully defend the lightweight title she won in tokyo — and said afterwards it was time to move on with the rest of her life. the next chapter is going to be my life chapter, who knows what that is going to be but i can't wait to... to just live my life, not that i'm not living my life, but to not be looking at the scales every morning. the women's golf has got under way in paris... great britain's charley hull has had an opening round to forget. she put her first tee shot straight into the water and then missed her putt to record a double bogey. things didn't improve — she finished her round 9 over par. home favourite celine boutier leads the way on 5 under. and just a few more olympic stories for you. the men's dinghy sailing medal race, with great britain's micky beckett in the hunt for a medal, started, then stopped

ireland's kellie harrington said "there are no more mountains to climb" as she announced her retirmentinning back to back golds. the 34—year—old ends her career as a two—time olympic champion and a world and european champion. she beat china's wenlu yang to successfully defend the lightweight title she won in tokyo — and said afterwards it was time to move on with the rest of her life. the next chapter is going to be my life chapter and who knows what that is going to be but i can't wait. i can't wait to just live my life, not that i'm not living my life, what are you talking about? but to not be looking at the scales every morning. the first round of the women's golf is done at le golf national in paris. great britain's charley hull had a day to forget. she put her first tee shot straight into the water, and then missed her putt to record a double bogey. things didn't improve — she finished her round nine over par. gb�*s georgia hall is two over, home favourite celine boutier leads the way on seven under, with world number one nelly korda finishing with an even par 72. away from the g

ireland's kellie harrington said "there are no more mountains to climb" as she announced her retirmentireland's greatest sporting stars, she sang a farewell to her fans. # with all my love. # i place this wedding ring upon yourfinger. champion! time to share our love. # for we must say goodbye. that's just about all from me. loads more 0lympics coming up this afternoon, including gb going for gold in the men's team pursuit. you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. after reports that tonight could see more of the disorder that's spread around parts of the uk over the past week. communities across england and northern ireland are already taking stock of the damage done to their businesses, homes and cars. 0ur reporter, mark denton reports now from the north east of england — where neighbours are rallying round — to pick up the pieces. folks surround a car in middlesbrough and set it alight. while this was happening to his car on sunday afternoon, brendan was in the middle of a 12 hour shift as a carer, looking after elderly people in the town. so when i came back home, i saw what'

but last night ireland's kellie harrington had just that. european champion too. she is one of ireland's all time sporting greats — and singing a classic irish ballad — shared this special moment with supporters after winning: # with all my love. # i place this wedding ring upon yourfinger. champion! # time to share our love. # for we must say goodbye.# that is fantastic. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines from the olympics today and. egypt's dreams for an olympic handball tournament medal have disappeared after losing to spain in the quarter—finals 29—28. the match went into overtime and spain's final goal in the last seconds, through a penalty, sealed egypt's fate. poland's aleksandra miroslaw won olympic gold in speed climbing — beating china's li—juan deng in the final and recording the second—fastest time in history: 6 point one zero seconds. miroslaw has consistently been the top performer in this discipline. and it's back—to—back gold medals for australian keegan palmer in the skateboarding — he

yeah. >> she said her nose was too sore to carry on. >> but talking of, kellie harrington , she was olympicgold medallist in 2021, wasn't she? she's refusing to compete against any boxers for biological males. and it's not the testosterone issue. it's the biological chromosomal issue. it gets very complicated. and it is a very a story that's got very , a very a story that's got very, very angry on both sides. >> but it's difficult to call the male, isn't it, if, i mean, this is the problem. yes yes, yes it is. it is because then people think, well it's someone who's been born male and had some sort of transition which, which is not a transitional issue, >> at this particular boxer born female, they are female. >> it'sjust female, they are female. >> it's just that genetically it's not. >> it's whether it's whether the additional variables are deemed an unnatural advantage. >> you're born with a difference in sex development or dsd, which means you are you are a biological advantage over a female. if you're in a contact sport like boxing. >> i think the difference here is the danger. it's th

saying that, you know, well, where were you when she lost in the last olympics to an irish girl, kellie harringtonround and behind all this. we've also got a political squabble between the ioc, who have decided to take the reins on on boxing regulation for the olympics and the now discredited international boxing association, who the ioc said you're not doing this anymore because we think you're corrupt effectively. so, you know, one is saying that she's biologically male, the other are saying she's not. where are we with this? we need to establish it . what thing is interesting, it. what thing is interesting, mark, though, is that a lot of former athletes. nicola adams , former athletes. nicola adams, who won gold for britain, she has come out very much against this, but i think a lot of people are basing it on the fact that she did. she is x, y chromosome, which would be a male, but we don't know that for sure . that's the problem, so sure. that's the problem, so i mean, what listen, let's assume she's x. she is there's a little bit of male in there. i don't know how you say this, really. and, y

ireland's kellie harrington made history winning back—to—back olympic gold medals in the final fightiding the usa team to the olympic final. the americans sealed their spot after a tense 1—0 win over germany — sophia smith scoring in extra time. they'll face brazil next. the usa are looking to win a 5th gold medal. and not a medal up for grabs but the riches of the champions league — rangers scoring deep into stoppage time in their bid to qualify for the competition proper. their equaliser in a one—all draw came from cyriel dessers with the last kick of the game against dynamo kiev. the second leg is at hampden next tuesday. a good day for team gb with two silvers, two bronze medals and potentially more to come today. i havejust potentially more to come today. i have just noticed the marathon race walk has begun. that is the really funny one. really strict rules. really strict. this is the walk, a marathon walk, a relay, men, women, men, women. red cards for bending the knee. if you lift it too much like a run. and for not keeping one foot on the ground. it looks like you are running