Power chasing gold
Ireland’s Ciaran Power was pushing for victory in the Olympic men’s cycling road race today.
Power, who rides for the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team in New Jersey, was part of a six-strong breakaway group which led the peloton by one minute towards the end of the race which had been going on for several hours.
However, Irish team-mate Mark Scanlon had fallen off the pace.
Derek Burnett moved into a strong position in the men’s trap shooting competition in Athens earlier this afternoon.
The temperature had already reached 37 degrees when the competition started at 9am local time – but the Athlone-based competitor stayed cool under pressure.
He recorded a perfect score in the opening round – hitting all 25 clays – and failed with just one attempt in the second.
Burnett will have been disappointed to miss two more in the last round of the day, but is currently just two points off the lead in ninth position.
Two more rounds are scheduled for tomorrow before the final takes place.
Gerald Owens and Ross Killian are sitting in 12th place overall in the 470 men’s sailing competition after an encouraging day.
They made a great start, finishing 11th in the first race, but they slipped four places in the next.
David Burrows, competing in the Finn class, had to settle for 19th after the first day of competition.
He finished 17th in the first race and improved his position by two places in the next.
