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.
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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.
Surely keeping him for one season and losing out on a 15 million transfer fee is a bad move! I realise that heโs their talisman and captain but theyโve been losing a few of them a season recently so should be well able to cope without!
We should sell him straight away and sign players that want to play for the club. No point holding onto a player that doesnโt want to be there. Wenger and gazidis have some explaining to do to the fans though