Leitrim boxer Dearbhla Rooney secured a bronze medal at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires last night.

The Leitrim featherweight beat New Zealand's Te Mania Shelford-Evans on a unanimous decision.

There was disappointment for Sligo flyweight Dean Clancy.

He was beaten on a unanimous decision by his Brazilian opponent in their bronze medal bout.

Two Irish boxers must shake off the disappointment of semi final defeats, and fight for bronze medals.

Sligo flyweight Dean Clancy, who lost his flyweight semio-final to Briitain's Ivan Price last night, will face Brazil's Luiz Chalot de Oliveira in Buenos Aires this evening.

While Leitrim's Dearbhla Rooney goes up against Kiwi, TeMania Shelford-Edmonds.

Mona McSharry again narrowly missed out on a medal in Buenos Aires last night.

The Sligo swimmer finished just 7-hundredths of a second off bronze in the women's 50-metre freestyle.

Dublin’s Niamh Coyne has taken the silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games with a time of 1:08.90.

Sligo’s Mona McSharry finished just out of the medals in fourth place with a time of 1:08.97. Mona was first to turn at halfway, just missing out on a medal in the closing meters.

While Galway gymnast Emma Slevin has qualified for two more finals today following a phenomenal performance on the balance beam, netting her a fourth place with a 12.433. This means that she has not only qualified for the balance beam final, but also for the all-around finals which take place on Friday 12 October.

Sligo swimmer Mona McSharry narrowly missed out on a medal at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires last night.

The world junior champion finished just a fifth-of-a-second down on bronze in the 50-metre breaststroke final.

She will return to the pool this afternoon for the heats of the 100-metre breaststroke.