O'Connor 19th in Heptathlon after opening events

Team Ireland's Kate O'Connor is 19th overall after the opening two events of the Heptathlon at the Paris Olympics.

O'Connor is making her debut at the Olympics and is the last athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in Paris.

The 23-year-old got off to a difficult start as she posted the slowest time in the 100 metre hurdles in 14.08 seconds.

However, she responded in style in the high jump and ranked first in Group A as she set a season's best height of 1.77 metres.

That left her ranked joint-eighth overall in the high jump, and 19th overall after the opening morning of action.

O'Connor, a silver medallist from Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games, will compete in the shot put and 200m later on Thursday.

Her first Olympic campaign will come to a close on Friday in the long jump, javelin and 800.