RTÉ SPORT ON TWO: London 2012 Olympics

000628c4 Image Name: 000628c4 Description: RTÉ annouces 2,300 hours of coverage of London 2012 Olympics which will feature RTE Sport presenters (L-R) Des Cahill, Con Murphy, Tracy Piggott, Peter Collins and Darragh Maloney across RTÉ Television and RTÉ Radio. July 2012
000628c1 Image Name: 000628c1 Description: RTÉ annouces 2,300 hours of coverage of London 2012 Olympics which will feature RTE Sport presenters (L-R) Des Cahill, Con Murphy, Tracy Piggott, Darragh Maloney and Peter Collins across RTÉ Television and RTÉ Radio. July 2012
000628c0 Image Name: 000628c0 Description: RTÉ annouces 2,300 hours of coverage of London 2012 Olympics which will feature RTE Sport presenters (L-R) Des Cahill, Con Murphy, Tracy Piggott, Peter Collins and Darragh Maloney across RTÉ Television and RTÉ Radio. July 2012

Broadcast Details: Saturday 4th August, 8.45am

London 2012 Olympics Live on RTÉ Two

RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Sat 4 August

8.45am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents coverage of Day 8 as Aileen Morrison goes in the triathlon, Martyn Irvine starts his Omnium track cycling campaign, while at the Olympic Stadium Tori Pena goes in the Pole Vault and Stephanie O’Reilly in the 3000m steeplechase.

11.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Tracy Piggott presents show jumping coverage feature Irish riders Cian O’Connor and Billy Twomey , plus there’s  boxing, trampoline and basketball action.

1.45pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Daire O’Brien presents the afternoon coverage as Martyn Irvine is back in action at the velodrome while Rob Heffernan goes in the 20k walk plus tennis finals from Wimbledon.

 

4.45pm The Saturday Game Live

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6.40pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

It’s the last night of action from the Aquatics Centre with four gold medals up for grabs and there’s another five finals at the Olympic Stadium including the Women’s 100m and Men’s 10000m while Great Britian favourite Jessica Ennis competes in the Heptathlon. Presented by Bill O’Herlihy.

 

Sun 5 August

9.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents Olympic Games coverage including Day 2 of action in the Omnium track cycling event  for Martyn Irvine at the velodrome while Ireland’s Linda Byrne, Ava Hutchinson and Catriona Jennings compete in the marathon at 11.00am.

1.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Tracy Piggott presents coverage of the show jumping team final while gymnastics gold medals will be decided in the men’s floor and pommel horse and women’s vault.

4.30pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Darragh Maloney presents live coverage from the London 2012 Olympics, including boxing, badminton and volleyball action plus Martyn Irvine finishes his last 2 events in the Omnium.

7.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Bill O’Herlihy presents Olympic coverage as the 100m final takes centre stage at the Olympic Stadium.  Can Usain Bolt defend his title? Also action in boxing, basketball and beach volleyball, where the women have reached the quarter-final stage.

 

Mon 6 Aug

9.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents Olympic coverage as Derval O’Rourke goes in the 100m hurdles heats plus action from basketball, table tennis and volleyball and all the latest news from London.

1.30pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

It’s the moment all of Ireland’s been waiting for as Katie Taylor makes her Olympic bow in the lightweight division.  Michael Lyster presents live coverage from the boxing arena with Jimmy Magee on commentary.

4.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Darragh Maloney presents Olympic finals in track cycling, gymnastics and show jumping plus Ireland’s Derek Burnett in shooting action.

7.15pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Bill O’Herlihy presents live action from the Olympic Stadium where gold medals will be decided in the men’s 400m and 400m hurdles and the women’s pole vault, shot put and 3000m steeplechase.  There’s also football, boxing and beach volleyball action.

 

Tues 7 Aug

9.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents action from the Olympic Stadium as Paul Hession goes in the 200m heats while Gavin Noble is in the triathlon final in the heart of central London.

2.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

It’s the women’s beam and floor finals and men’s parallel bars and high bar finals in the last day of gymnastics action. Michael Lyster presents the programme which also features volleyball, table tennis and basketball.

4.30pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Darragh Maloney introduces the afternoon’s Olympic action as beach volleyball reaches the semi final stage in the men’s and women’s events, it’s the last day of track cycling action from the velodrome plus there’s basketball, football and table tennis coverage.

7.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

The men’s 1500m final headlines another packed night of athletics from the Olympic Stadium presented by Bill O’Herlihy. That will be followed by boxing, football, volleyball, basketball and beach volleyball coverage.

 

Weds 8 Aug

9.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents athletics action as Alistair Cragg tries to qualify for his 3rd Olympic 5000m final plus heats of the women’s 800m and the men’s decathlon gets under way.

1.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Michael Lyster presents all the action from semi final day in Katie Taylor’s lightweight division plus Cian O’Connor and Billy Twomey go in the final of the show jumping.

4.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Darragh Maloney presents coverage from the knockout stages of hockey, volleyball and basketball events plus BMX and table tennis coverage.

7.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Bill O’Herlihy presents the coverage from the Olympic Stadium as gold medals will be decided in the women’s 200m, 400m hurdles and long jump and the men’s 110m hurdles. The programme will feature the women’s beach volleyball final plus more hockey, volleyball and basketball action.

 

Thurs 9 Aug

9.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents live athletics coverage as Deirdre Ryan goes in high jump qualifying, the men’s decathlon continues and it’s the heats of the men’s 4x400m relay.

1.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Michael Lyster presents Olympic coverage including football, the swimming marathon from Hyde Park and the high-speed excitement of the BMX.

4.30pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Darragh Maloney introduces the final of the women’s boxing; can Katie Taylor claim gold for Ireland? Darragh will be joined in studio by RTÉ’s expert boxing panel for analysis of all the action.

7.15pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Bill O’Herlihy presents four more finals up for decision at the Olympic Stadium including the men’s 200m and 800m plus the conclusion of the decathlon.  Following that will be action from the finals of men’s beach volleyball and women’s football.

 

Fri 10 Aug

9.30am RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Peter Collins presents live Olympic coverage as Andrzej Jezierski goes for Ireland in the Men’s C1 200m canoe sprint plus all the latest news from London and the men’s open water marathon swim from Hyde Park.

1.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Michael Lyster presents a big afternoon of boxing as it reaches the semi final stage plus the conclusion of the marathon swim.

4.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Darragh Maloney presents Olympics coverage including the BMX finals plus hockey, basketball and volleyball action.

7.00pm RTÉ Sport On Two: London 2012 Olympics

Bill O’Herlihy presents a packed night of athletics with five finals from the Olympic Stadium plus the Irish women’s 4x400m relay team go in the heats of their event.  There’s also more boxing, basketball and volleyball.