IRELAND’S KATIE-GEORGE Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have successfully defended their world title in the Women’s B Tandem Road Race at the Para-cycling World Championships in Maniago, Italy.
The 2016 Paralympic champions finished 81.6km race in a time of two hours and 11 seconds to complete the double at this year’s Worlds, once more finishing clear of Britain’s Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall who took silver.
🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨
— Cycling Ireland (@IreCyclingFed) August 5, 2018
🌈🌈Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have done it again!!🌈🌈
**WORLD CHAMPIONS AGAIN**
It's a double double as they defend successfully their world title in the Women's B Tandem Road Race at the Para-cycling World Championships in Maniago, Italy. pic.twitter.com/hEQ460eGAA
On Friday, Dunlevy and McCrystal defended their Time Trial crown, finishing 17 seconds clear of the British duo with a time of 35:26:37.
The Irish pair also won both races at the 2017 Worlds, and so today’s victory was the final piece of an extraordinary double-double.
Not every day you defend your world title....for some...for @KatieGDunlevy and @evemccrystal they had two of those days this week🌈☘️
— Cycling Ireland (@IreCyclingFed) August 5, 2018
On Friday the awesome twosome won the Women's B Tandem Time Trial for the second year running - and today they did the same in the Road Race. pic.twitter.com/y4JGuTcUsb
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