Dunlevy & McCrystal Gold is Perfect end to World Cup
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal stormed to gold in the Women’s B Tandem Road Race today in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Ostend, Belgium. The reigning World Champions completed the 80km race almost two minutes ahead of next placed riders Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall of GB, with the Polish tandem taking bronze. […]
Unfortunate Eaglesham misses out by a Point
Phil Eaglesham competed in his first event at the Cheongju World Shooting Para Sport Championships and just missed out on the minimum qualifying mark for Tokyo by a single point. A score of 619 with a highest single score of 103.6 left him just one point shy of that minimum qualifying standard. This was an […]
MEDAL ALERT: Time Trial Silver for Dunlevy and McCrystal in Para-cycling Road World Cup
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have won silver in the 27km Time Trial in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Ostend, Belgium this evening. The duo are the reigning Paralympic and World Champions in this event, and add this silver to the bronze Individual Pursuit medal they won in the Para-cycling Track World Championships […]
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Team Ireland Set for Road World Cup in Belgium
The UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup gets under way tomorrow, Thursday May 3rd, when Team Ireland compete against the best in the world in Ostend, Germany. A strong group have been named for the competition including Katie George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal, Peter Ryan & Séan Hahessy, Damien Vereker & Dermot Radford, Ronan Grimes andDeclan Slevin. The Development […]
Eaglesham Targets Success in Korea
Philip Eaglesham has arrived in Cheongju ahead of the World Shooting Para Sport Championships. Competition begins on Thursday and Philip will begin his campaign on Friday in the R4 event. Philip’s second event takes place on Wednesday in the R5 event and this is followed by his third and final event in the R9 […]
Turner and Keane Among Top Performers in Indianapolis
Ellen Keane and Nicole Turner have both produced world class performances at the World Para Swimming World Series events in Indianapolis. On day 1 of the competition Ellen Keane produced a scintillating display to clinch a podium position. Her 100m Back Stroke performance was good enough to claim a brilliant bronze medal and sets her […]
Para Athletes Shine In Belfast
The Irish Universities Athletics Association held their Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Queen’s University Belfast where the Irish Para Athletes were amongst the very best performers throughout the competition. Noelle Lenihan had a superb event in the Discus throw as she set a new Maynooth University record of 31:39 to finish in second place […]
Para Swimmers Perform Well at Nationals
The Swim Ireland National Championships are taking place currently at the National Aquatic Centre and several of the Team Ireland hopefuls are amongst the swimmers competing at the venue that will host #Dublin2018. Nicole Turner and Ailbhe Kelly both had exceptional performances in the pool today as they both set new Personal Bests in the […]
21 Para Athletes Benefit From Sport Ireland Carding Scheme
Para Athletes were well represented in the Sport Ireland Carding Scheme announcements with 21 athletes receiving varying levels of funding. Para Cycling duo of Eve McCrystal and Katie George Dunlevy along with Para Athletes; Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop, Niamh McCarthy, Noelle Lenihan and Orla Barry joined Para Swimmer, Ellen Keane in being named as Podium level […]
Football Duo are #Dublin2018 Ambassadors
Irish football legend, Niall Quinn and current Irish football striker, Amber Barrett were today named as the two newest Ambassadors for the Para Swimming Allianz European Championships. The two forwards will now be swapping the football field for the swimming pool as they take on the Para Swimming Allianz European Championship Ambassador Challenge on August […]
Fourth for Dunlevy and McCrystal, Sixth for Gordon and Byrne
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal finished fourth, and just outside the medals in the Women’s B Tandem Sprint at the UCI 2018 Para-cycling Track World Championships tonight. Their qualifying time of 11.892 seconds was an incredible 3.5 seconds faster than the current national record of 12.259 seconds. The eventual winners were the Great Britain bike […]
