IRELANDโS KATIE-GEORGE Dunlevy and Linda Kelly have successfully defended their title, winning the Womenโs B Individual Time Trial at the UCI Road and Para Cycling World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.
Having won Paralympic gold in the same event in Paris earlier this month, Dunlevy and Kelly stormed to victory across 29.9km in 43:14.47.
They finished one minute and nine seconds ahead of British rivals Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl, while another GB tandem, Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall, took bronze.
Irelandโs Josephine Healion and Eve McCrystal were fourth in a time of 46:24.03.
- You can view the full result here >
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โ Cycling Ireland (@CyclingIreland) September 22, 2024
Katie-George Dunlevy & Linda Kelly retain their World Championship title winning the Womenโs B Individual TT for the second consecutive year.
This comes on the back of winning Gold at the Paralympic Games in the same event โ๏ธ
๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฅKatie George-Dunlevy and Linda Kelly ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช
โ UCI Para-Cycling (@UCI_paracycling) September 22, 2024
Women B Individual Time Trial Para-Cycling UCI World Champions ๐ at @zurich2024 pic.twitter.com/zpPRPxPN27
The legendary Dunlevy won three medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games: time trial gold with Kelly for her third consecutive title in that event, silver in the road race with the same pilot, and individual pursuit silver on the track with McCrystal.
This was all the more impressive after an injury-hampered build-up. She shattered her collarbone in May and required surgery.
46-year-old McCrystal is retiring after the World Championships, having bought the curtain down on the pairโs iconic partnership in Paris.
42-year-old Dunlevy admits LA 2028 is a โlong commitmentโ but could indeed add to her eight Paralympic medals.
The 2024 UCI Road and Para Cycling World Championships run until next Sunday, 29 September, with a total of 24 Irish riders in action.
BRONZE for Tom Williamson at the Para-triathlon European Championships in France! ๐ฅ
โ Paralympics Ireland (@ParalympicsIRE) September 22, 2024
Congrats Tom! #TheNextLevel | #TeamIreland pic.twitter.com/TnvcnELLxH
Elsewhere yesterday, Irelandโs Tom Williamson secured a bronze medal at the Para Triathlon European Championships in Vichy, France.
Strange that some of the mid table premier league teams wouldnโt take a chance on Szmodics. Obviously too good for the championship. Yet some totally unproven youngster from the continent with a bit of โpotentialโ will cause a bidding war with someone paying 30 odd million, only to find that he canโt adapt to English football, culture, climate or whatever.
@Bert Carolan: Szmodics has said himself many times he doesnโt want to play in the premier League
@John Devine: well thatโs a complete lie
@Dave Moran: A lie that he doesnโt want to play in Pl or that he said he doesnโt want to?
@John Devine: Where or when did he say that? Not doubting you but thatโs a weird attitude for a championship player. Chance to secure his future, play at the highest level in England.
Premirship incomning Ipswich
@Square: Would be a good fit I think.
@Bert Carolan: Did he really say he not want to play on premirship are you just joking
@Square: John Devine said that, not me.
@Bert Carolan: Oh ya haha nonsense i think
Can someone sign him please? I donโt particularly like Rovers winning. Ipswich has to be a good fit given his time in the Colchester area. I used to live down there too and he wasnโt rated highly at the time. Every credit to him for getting to where he has.
@Justin Robinson: Ipswich after him the whole summer but no deal, looking slightly less likely to happen at this stage but hopefully it gets done, Ipswich need him I think.
@Michael Kennedy: Canโt blame Rovers for squeezing out every last penny I suppose. SS is about 13 months off being 30 so itโs now or never for him really.
@Justin Robinson: 100%, but it has fairly dragged on, Ipswich tried to sign Gallagher from them in the last transfer window, similarly difficult to deal with them then. Joke club, joke owners is what Iโve heard.