Five RTÉ Sports Awards nominations for Team Ireland
As 2021 draws to a close, so does the Irish sporting year, one that has been extremely busy with plenty of success across Irish sport. Irish Paralympians have enjoyed a huge amount of that success in 2021, particularly at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This success has been recognised in various media outlets, such as […]
Dunlevy and McCrystal Isolating together
World Championship Para Track Cycling silver medalists Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal are isolating together in Eve’s house in Dundalk. The Paralympic legends have been living with Eve’s two daughters since the lockdown began. However, despite the restrictions the duo have been able to train together despite not being able to cycle their tandem […]
Cyclists Deliver World Championship Glory
Team Ireland competed against the World at the weekend when the Irish Para Cycling team took to the track at the UCI Para Cycling World Championships in Canada. The Irish team would have hoped for a positive performance at the championships but they delivered in spectacular fashion as three new World Championships medals were claimed […]
Dunlevy and McCrystal win Silver at Para-cycling World Championships
Image by Robert Jones National Record crushed in Tandem Pursuit qualification IRELAND’S Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have won Silver in the Women’s Tandem Pursuit Race at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Milton, Canada. Dunlevy and McCrystal rode 3:27.358 to break their own National Record by over 3 seconds and qualify for […]
Five Paralympic stars nominated for RTÉ Sport Awards 2019 Sportsperson of the Year
Five Irish Paralympic stars were named on the longlist for the RTÉ Sport Awards 2019 Sportsperson of the Year. Katie-George Dunleavy and Eve McCrystal, Jason Smyth, Ellen Keane and Nicole Turner were all nominated for the award on the back of their fantastic sporting achievements in 2019. The winner will be revealed on the awards […]
World Championship Gold for Dunlevy and McCrystal
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have won a 3rd World Title in the time trial at the UCI Paracycling World Championships. The pair retained their rainbow jerseys in emphatic style as they averaged 45.612km/h for the 31.2km course, giving them a winning margin of 55 seconds over New Zealand. As well as their time […]
Cycling Ireland has confirmed the squad of 11 riders who will represent Ireland at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships
Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal will compete in both the road and time trial events at the UCI Paracycling World Championships in Emmen, the Netherlands from September 12 – 15. The duo completed a historic double-double at the 2018 World Championships where they claimed the rainbow jersey in both the road and time […]
Katie George and Eve Win Gold for Ireland
Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal maintained their dominance on the road as they produced two stunning performances to win gold on the double at the Para Cycling World Cup in Ostend. The double world champions were determined to put down a marker for the remainder of the season especially as they look forward to […]
Team Ireland enjoy positive start at Para Track World Championships
Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal and Martin Gordon and pilot Eamon Byrne warmed up for their target events at the Para-cycling World Championships by finishing second in the Tandem Sprint Relay test event. It was a trial run for the race, and did not earn the foursome any medals, but they did take […]
McCrystal Eyeing Gold at Para Cycling Track World Championships
A 13 person para cycling team has landed in the Netherlands ahead of the 2019 Para Cycling Para Cycling Track World Championships that are being hosted in Appeldoorn between Thursday March 14th and Sunday, March 17th. The strong Irish team will include former World Championship bronze medallists, Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal. The tandem […]
McCrystal Looks Forward to Hectic Few Months
Eve McCrystal is looking ahead to some really busy times in the saddle as she and Katie George Dunlevy look forward to their assault on more world championship glory in the Netherlands next month. Eve spoke to Cycling Ireland about her hopes for the season ahead. EVE MCCRYSTAL Rio gold medallist McCrystal will miss […]
Para Athletes Honoured
Irish Para Athletes were honoured at the end of season awards for both Swim Ireland and Cycling Ireland over the weekend. The Swim Ireland awards took place in Clare on Saturday night where the great of Irish swimming were recognised after a long and successful season. Amongst that number were the Irish Para Swimming squad […]