Team Ireland Honoured
The team that represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games gathered in Dublin on Friday for the Paralympics Ireland Tokyo 2020 Awards Ceremony. Over 100 guests gathered in Dublin Castle, which included athletes, coaches, and support staff of Team Ireland. Joining them to celebrate their fantastic achievements at Tokyo 2020 was An Taoiseach, Micheál […]
Paralympics Ireland set to host Tokyo 2020 Awards for Team Ireland
The team that represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will gather in Dublin Castle on Friday, 4th February for the Paralympics Ireland Tokyo 2020 Awards Ceremony. Athletes, coaches, and support staff of Team Ireland will be joined by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, Minister Catherine Martin, Minister Jack Chambers and Japanese Ambassador to Ireland […]
Katie-George Dunlevy to be Flag Bearer for Ireland
As Tokyo 2020 is drawing to a close it has today been announced that Katie George Dunlevy will be the Irish flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Katie-George will be joined by her guide and the pilot of the incredibly successful Irish tandem; Eve McCrystal. Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal […]
Monahan Brings Curtain Down on Tokyo 2020
After 12 days of competition and five years of preparation Team Ireland’s involvement at Tokyo 2020 has come to an end on the final day of the Paralympic Games. Team Ireland will return home on Tuesday, September 7th with a brilliant haul of seven medals including four golds, two silver and one bronze medal. Team […]
O’Leary Narrowly Misses out on Medal
In a busy morning on the penultimate day of competition for Team Ireland at the Paralympic Games there was action at the shooting range, the Olympic Stadium and on the water. Attention will turn back to the Olympic Stadium later as Irish Paralympic legend Michael McKillop competes in the 1500m. Ireland’s Pat O’Leary finished […]
Gold Again for Katie George and Eve
Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal made it an incredible Double gold on the road for Team Ireland as they won the Women’s tandem road race in dramatic fashion. They have now added the gold to their haul of silver on the track and gold in the Time Trial to finish their Tokyo 2020 Paralympic […]
O’Reilly Wins Brilliant Bronze for Team Ireland
IN SWELTERING heat and drenching humidity Gary O’Reilly secured a bronze for Ireland in the men’s H5 time trial at the Fuji International Speedway. The Portlaoise hand-cyclist set 39:36.46 to take third place in a hard fought event around the famous motor racing circuit in the rolling foothills below Mount Fuji. Dutch rider Mitch […]
Swimmers Progress as Leonard Exits
After the excitement of Jason Smyth gold medal in the 100m yesterday evening it was back to business for Team Ireland. Three Irish athletes competed in the swimming pool in their heats and all three have progressed through to their respective finals whilst Kerrie Leonard has seen her campaign in Archery come to an end […]
Smyth is the Paralympic Champion in Thriller
JASON Smyth cemented his place as the greatest sprinter in the annals of Paralympic sport by winning his sixth gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in his most dramatic victory yet. The 34-year-old Derry superstar just held off Algeria’s Skander Djamil Athmani on the dip to clinch his most memorable T13 100m victory ever, […]
Turner Sets Another PB in Tokyo
Team Ireland’s brilliant form in the pool in Tokyo continued when Portarlington’s Nicole Turner maintaining her unbroken string of personal bests. A time of 1:40.82 when finishing third in her heat of the SB6 100m Breaststroke knocked 1.63 seconds off Turner’s lifetime best and qualified her fifth fastest to today’s final (9:07am Irish time). She […]
Streimikyte Battles to 5th Place Finish
Greta Streimikyte, Ireland’s first athlete on the track, suffered Paralympic heartbreak a second time when she finished fifth, in a time of 4:34.82, in an extremely fast and tactical T13 1500m final. Having finished fourth in Rio in 2016 and lowering her personal best to 4:29.33 this season she had high hopes of a podium […]
Grimes Agonisingly Close to Podium
Ronan Grimes produced another Personal Best performance at the Izu velodrome but missed out on a bronze medal by the narrowest of margins after a wonderful performance in Tokyo. It was a busy day in Tokyo for Team Ireland with athletes competing in Para Cycling, Para Table Tennis, Para Equestrian, Para Archery, Para Swimming and, […]
