The Olympics may have dominated the past week, but we have a mighty weekend of GAA action in store with Oisin McConville and Paul Flynn on contrasts in physical conditioning between major counties, what Kildare need to fix, Dublin’s vulnerability, why Tyrone are most people’s fancy, and why Cork and Galway fell so far short last week.

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Aidan Walsh has picked up our third medal of these games, but he’s not finished yet – he hammered his opponent from Mauritius this morning, he’s in against Pat McCormack of Great Britain on Sunday morning and he has his amazing sister Michaela, as ever, with him every step of the way.

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Mcilroy and Lowry (MciLowry?) are on the medal hunt and we admire Kellie Harrington’s confident, composed debut in the ring.

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Plus there’s Rassie’s South African siege mentality, the start of the athletics, the busiest weekend of the sporting year, and the sword of Vedder.

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