- Swimming: Mona McSharry reaches 100m breaststroke final; Brendan Hyland in men’s 200m butterfly heat at 11.29am; Ellen Walshe in women’s 200m individual medley heat at 11.56am
- Rugby Sevens: Ireland lose to South Africa on first appearance; Ireland face USA at 10.30am
- Hockey: Ireland women beaten 4-0 by Netherlands
- Boxing: Brendan Irvines Olympic campaign is over after defeat by Carlo Paalam; Michaela Walsh loses to Irma Testa
- Triathlon: Russell White finishes 48th
- Canoe slalom: Liam Jegou misses out on final place
- Sailing: Annalise Murphy in Race 3 and 4 of women’s laser radial at 6.35am
- Badminton: Nhat Nguyen faces Niluka Karunaratne in Group F at 11.20am
Mona McSharry became only the second Irish swimmer after Michelle Smith de Bruin in Atlanta in 1996, to make it into an Olympic final on Monday.
The Sligo breaststroker swam her way into the 100m final after coming fourth in her semi-final swim in a time of 1:06.59, just 0.3 seconds off her Irish senior record.
McSharry qualified in eighth place overall with the fastest eight times making it through to the final. The 20-year-old squeaked into Tuesdays event by one hundredth of a second at the expense of Australian swimmer Chelsea Hodges.
She swam the first 50m split in 31.62 as Swiss swimmer Lisa Mamie took out the field. But she made ground on the return leg to seal fourth place and a lane in an Olympic final.
Its amazing, said McSharry. This is my first event ever in the Olympics and Ive made a final… with the past year and a half that everyones had its unbelievable. No ones given a medal before they go in. We all have a chance. Im definitely going to go for it. Everyone at home must be buzzing.
Ireland 14 South Africa 33
In an historic day for the mens Irish Rugby Sevens side, their first ever participation in the Olympic Games ended in a 33-14 defeat to South Africa at the Tokyo Stadium.
South Africas Impi Visser, left, scores a try past Irelands Terry Kennedy. Photo: Shuji Kajiyama/AP Photo
Four tries from South Africa to two from Ireland, in the end gave the African side a clear winning margin. Ireland did play their way into the game when they came back from 14-0 down to 14-7 with a try from Gavin Mullin and, again when they were chasing from 21-7 down, they came back to 21-14 after Terry Kennedy burst through the middle of the South African defensive line.
But better work at the breakdown from South Africa and a little bit of rustiness in Irelands game from not having as much competition over the last 12 months let the match slip away, Stedman Gans grabbing South Africas fourth at the death.
We got ourselves back in it with the second try. I dont know, I think they just controlled possession better than we did out us under more pressure than we did, said Kennedy.
They showed why they are one of the best teams in the world. Definitely we left a few things out there and they probably dominated the breakdown. Thats what cost us. We showed that when we do keep the ball in phases we can score against any one.
The good news for Ireland is that eight of the 12 teams go through to the quarterfinal phase of the competition.
Ireland: J Kelly, H McNulty, F Horan, B Dardis (c), J Conroy, T Kennedy, G Mullin. Rolling subs: A Leavy, I Fitzpartick, G OShes, M Roche, H Lennox.
South Africa: C Dry, I Visser, Z Davids, S Davids, J Geduld, K Arendse, S Soyizwapi. Rolling subs: S Makata, A Davids, JC Pretorious, B du Preez, S Gans.
Ireland 0 Netherlands 4
The Irish womens hockey team went down 4-0 in the second match of their Olympic debut against the Dutch World Champions. A dogged performance from Ireland held the Netherlands to 1-0 for much of the game, until the defensive wall finally cracked in the last 15 minutes, when the the Dutch class finally won through.
Elena Tice, Sarrah Torrans and Roisin Upton dejected after defeat to the Netherlands. Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
At the end it was the three late goals that tuned the scoreline as the Netherlands won the match by the same score as they did against Ireland in the recent European Championships in Amsterdam.
It looked ominous from the eighth minute when Felice Albers put her side into a 1-0 lead.
At that stage the signs were not good and it looked like the world number one side would get motoring. But some superb goalkeeping from Ayeish McFerran and sharp work on the goal line from Elena Tice kept Ireland fighting in a backs-to-the-wall game until the final 15 minutes.
Malou Pheninckx, Laurien Leurink and Frederique Matla all struck then to make it a one side score with Ireland due to meet Germany on Wednesday in their third match of the tournament and all the signs at the moment are that it could be a rain affected match.
Ireland: A McFerran, S McAuley, H McLoughlin, R Upton, L Tice, C Watkins, K Mullan, A OFlanagan, D Duke, N Carroll.
Rolling subs: S McCay, H Matthews, L Holden, M Carey, S Torrans.
Netherlands: J Koning, S Koolen, M Pheninckx, X de Waard, F Albers, L Welten, C van Maasakker, F Matla, L Stam, M van Geffen, E de Goede.
Rolling subs: L Leurink, M Keetels, M Verschoor, P Sanders, L Nunnink.
The third Irish fighter into the ring and the second to bow out, Brendan Irvine found his Filipino opponent Carlo Paalam just a little too feisty and aggressive to handle in his opening bout of the mens flyweight division, eventually losing out on a split decision.
Brendan Irvine (red) and Philippines Carlo Paalam. Photo: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
Certainly on the back foot in the opening round, the 25-year-old from Belfast brought himself back into contention in round two, drawing level on two of the judges scorecards: Paalam was visibly tiring in the third round, trying some spoiling tactics in the process, but had done enough to hold on, winning on a 4-1 split decision.
For Irvine, who co-carried the Irish flag with Kellie Harrington into Fridays Opening Ceremony, this certainly fell short of his own Olympic ambitions, and he made no secret of his disappointment in the immediate aftermath.
Im absolutely devastated to not win, he said. I put so much into these three past years to get here so you can understand why its so upsetting but Im immensely proud to be representing my country and the boxing team, to be captaining them, so I just have to pick myself up and support them for the rest of my time here.
If you had asked me three years ago if I would be at the Games I would have said no, just with the nightmare that was put in front of me but eventually it wasnt meant to be. Its an achievement to get here when youre here, the ultimate dream for me was an Olympic medal but it wasnt meant to be.
Competing in his second Olympics after his debut in Rio, Irvine was asked what he might have tried differently: Try to relax a bit more and hold my feet, but Im not going to try to make up excuses or say I could have done this or I could have done that. You only get one shot at these and mine wasnt enough.
It was a close fight. I thought he won the first round but I won the second and third rounds. But thats boxing. I knew he was going to be explosive from the get-go. I did study him coming into it – something I dont usually do – but I did study him. I thought I managed him quite well at times. He caught me with a couple of stupid shots but nothing that was hurting me.
He was tiring from the second round, he was holding me a lot. I was trying to push him off and the referee was ignoring me a wee bit. Thats just the way it goes. Everyone here is incredibly talented. Theyre superb athletes. What can you do? I gave everything in there and it just wasnt enough.
Later on in the morning there was also disappointment for Michaela Walsh as she was beaten on a unanimous decision by Italys Irma Testa in her last-16 womens 57kg featherweight bout.
Irma Testa (red) catches Michaela Walsh. Photo: Buda Mendes/Getty Images
Walsh got off to a good start by taking the opening round but Testa settled into the fight in the second, taking that round before also taking the third to advance to the last eight.
Walsh had received a bye to get to the last-16 so the loss means shes going home after one fight and afterwards she felt a little hard done by with the unanimous decision but acknowledged that the margins are fine at this level.
I felt the first round I was up, I probably won the first round clear, she said.
I wasnt really getting hit. Obviously in the second round she came on and caught me with a few good shots so I felt going into the last round it was kind of level.
I had my moments in the last round and she had her moments. The unanimous decision seemed a bit unfair in a way. But thats boxing. I wish her all the best, I hope she can go all the way.
The two fighters were well known to each other having boxed twice already this year and Walsh felt the familiarity could help her on Monday.
I knew her very well and Zaur had a brilliant game-plan going in. In the first round, I think they told me it was 3-2, I thought I won that round comfortably. Then, obviously, she came on. Sometimes you dont know what the judges are looking for.
Obviously the game plan was to stand off because shes so fast, especially with the jab, and shes a good bit taller than me so it was sort of stand off to make her miss and then try to counter that. It worked out well in the first and then obviously she cottoned onto it and then it was all to play for in the third.
I felt we both had our moments. I just think the 5-0 doesnt really do the fight much justice but at the end of the day thats boxing. This fight doesnt define me. As much as I wanted to win a medal, I will be back again and I still think Im up there with some of the best in the world in the 57kg category.
I boxed her three or four months ago in Belfast and then I boxed her last month in the qualifiers. I felt going into this very confident.
I knew what to expect and vice versa she knew me very well. It was a close fight and obviously she got the nod.
Thats over and done with now and we move on to my brother and the rest of my team mates and I will be cheering them all on all the way.
At 3.30am on Tuesday, Aidan Walsh will face Albert Mengue in the last-16 of the mens welterweight division and Michaela now hopes that her sibling can nab a medal for the household.
It is unbelievable. I was hoping we could both get medals but unfortunately not but hopefully my brother Aidan can take home a medal for the Walsh household.
Earlier down at in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, Russell White was the sole Irish entrant lining up the spectacular setting for the mens triathlon, which featured a 1.5km swim in Odaiba Bay, a 40km cycle around the Marine Park and leafy West Promenade district, before finishing with a 10km run in the same setting.
Russell White picks up his bike during the mens triathlon. Photo: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Conditions were properly demanding too, and White found himself part of the small chasing group from early in the swim and into the cycle, ending up 48th of the 49 finishers; two more failed to finish at all.
In his first Olympics, the 29-year-old White clocked 1:54:40, which was just under 10 minutes behind gold medal winner Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway, who most said didnt like the heat, only for Blummenfelt to delivering a searing run which saw him win Norways first Olympic medal of any colour in triathlon.
Alex Yee continued Britains form in the event to win silver, Hayden Wilde of New Zealand winning bronze – with Jonny Brownlee, silver winner in 2016 and bronze in 2012, in the absence his double champion brother Alistair – ending up fifth.
No one got off to the perfect start as a media boat crossing the course resulted in a false start, meaning they had to be called for a second attempt. For White, who only qualified late for Tokyo, there were other lessons to take away.
Yeah, on the back foot from the start, didnt get a great swim, said White. Then on the bike, I thought after the first lap I could maybe bridge the gap up to that main group, but it just sort of slipped with about 300m to go, and I couldnt get on good footing.
But still absolutely honoured to be there today and compete for Ireland in the Olympic Games. Obviously not the result I was looking for, I just didnt feel I had the legs today, and there were a lot of gaps. And that really hurt the legs for the run.
Less than a month ago, I wasnt qualified for the Olympic Games, to be here today, Im still happy, but in hindsight five races in five weekends in three continents might have been a bit much, maybe burned me out for the main time. Our qualification for Paris will start again in May, and I think the learning from this will be get it done early.
In the mens C1 semi-final there was disaster for Liam Jegou as he missed two gates, ending his hopes in the process.
Liam Jegou holds his head in his hands after crashing out of the C1 canoe slalom. Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
The 25-year-old had got off to a good start but two mistakes left him with his head in his hands as he crossed the line.
Jegou was placed fifth of the 15 competitors but, with 100 penalty seconds to be added on for those missed gates, he wont qualify for the final later on Monday morning.
It was completely going to my plan, I felt great, I was enjoying myself, I was gliding the boat, physically I was there. I got through all the tough moves, I really enjoyed the course design today and just out of that last sub-stream I just lost balance and ended up ducking in front of one of the gates and maybe it stayed in my head on the next move. The next move, Ive done in training 20 times and I havent missed it once, but thats slalom. Youve got to be very precise everywhere or else itll cost you the race and thats precisely what happened today.
I was having a great run, maybe I switched to that mindset of Ill just finish it off, instead of, Ill attack the rest. I need some time to reflect on it, its very raw, right now Im just really, really gutted. Theres a lot of work put into this, a lifetime of work, so to mess it up there on one of the final gates, Im disgusted with myself.
With Paris 2024 in just three years time now and Jegou only 25-years-old, he is confident that this wont be his last appearance for Ireland at the Games.
Im confident Ill be around the next three years because I love slalom, its going to be an hour now of me sulking and being a bit pissed off, after that its over, its in the past and Ill enjoy going back for a paddle next week or go do something else first. I love this sport and its the Games, it hurts, but theres plenty of other races Im excited to race this season.