Nhat Nguyen secured his place in the last 16 of the Men's Singles at the European Games and earned crucial points towards Olympic qualification.
The 19-year-old beat Austria’s Luka Wraber to progress from Group F in second place.
A nervy start from the Irishman saw Wraber take the first set 21-19, but a determined and focused Nguyen recovered to take the next two sets and the game 12-21 and 14-21.
Commenting after the match, Nguyen said "I’m quite relieved, I’m really happy that I mentally turned my head around after the first set, didn’t distract myself and kind of manned up to just go for it in the second and third, which I did and I’m really happy that I did it."
Josh Magee and Paul Reynolds recorded their first win of the tournament in the Men’s Doubles beating Estonia’s Kristjan Kaljurand and Raul Kasner.
A slow start in the first set saw the Irish team trail by 8 points but they stormed back to take the win 21-19. A more confident game two saw the pair then secure the victory 21-16.
Happy with today’s performance, the pair who have been together for just one year commented "It’s good to get a win after two tough days for us, we performed quite well the first day but the second was a bit worse, so it’s good to come back up and finish on a high."
Rachael Darragh battled gamely in her final group game, but it was Finland’s Airi Mikkela who took the match points winning 21-16, 21-19.
Speaking after the match Darragh commented,"I knew before I came here that I was up for a very tough week, these girls are all ranked a lot higher than me in the world ranking but I just came here with the intention to leave my best performances on the court and I think I’ve done that so it’s a happy/sad kind of feeling at the minute."
In canoeing Jenny Egan qualified for the B Final in the Women's K1 200m finishing 7th in her semi-finals, with a time of 43.427.
The heats and semis of the event were within one hour of each other, and Egan knocked over a second off the time she produced in the heats earlier in the day. In the K1 200 events, the top three boats over the line in the semi-finals progress to the A Finals, with boats 4-7 moving into the B Final.
Ronan Foley finished within one second of qualifying for the B Final in his Men’s K1 200 – finishing eighth in his heat with a personal best time of 38.413.
The 19 year-old Dubliner is one of the youngest athletes on Team Ireland and is soaking up the experience.
