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Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby were Ireland’s flag-bearers in today’s opening ceremony.
Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby were Ireland’s flag-bearers in today’s opening ceremony.
The Games take place from 4-20 February in Beijing.
The Green Army will take on Scotland or Wales tomorrow.
Patrick Monahan finished 12th in a time of 1:32.54.
Michael McKillop finished eighth in the Paralympic T38 1500m final.
O’Leary finished 5th in the VL3 Va’a final in a time of 52.910.
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal ended their Paralympics campaign with another gold medal.
The tandem duo posted a time of 2.35.53 to win their third medal in Tokyo.
O’Leary won the B final of KL3 in a time of 42:416 to take 9th overall in the event.
The Team Ireland swimmer has already claimed gold at these Paralympic Games.
A day after claiming Paralympic silver for Ireland in the 50m butterfly, Nicole Turner reflects on the achievement and discusses her rivalry with friend Ellie Robinson.
Jordan Lee finished ninth in Tokyo after three unsuccessful attempts at 1.79.
Smyth won his sixth gold medal after a dramatic photo finish in the T13 100m final.
Arendse set a new PB of 107kg in Tokyo this morning.
Smyth will look to add to his five Paralympic titles later today on the track in Toyko.
Ethiopian Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu took gold in a time of 4:23.24.
It is only the third ever medal for an Irish competitor on the track at the Paralympic Games.
The Irish Para Athletes took silver in the B 3000m Individual Pursuit with a time of 3:21.505.
Ellen Keane reflects on her achievement after winning Ireland’s first medal of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Róisín Ní Riain secured her spot in the final with another PB after a 4:45.14 time in the S13 400 Freestyle.
The Clontarf swimmer clinched Ireland’s first medal of the Paralympic Games earlier.
The Dubliner came home in a time of 1.19.93.
‘My main events are still to come so getting out there and being able to race in a final today felt really great,’ the Limerick native said.
“It gets serious from here on,” said Turner, who has preferred events to come later this week.
Kellie Harrington won gold in the lightweight boxing final in Tokyo.
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The Irish boxer beat the Brazilian with a unanimous decision victory.
There was carnage in the opening scratch race in Tokyo.
There was disappointment for Stephen Scullion who withdrew before the 20km mark.
Coyle finished in 24th place overall, with Britain’s Kate French winning gold.
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Meadow shot a 68 and Maguire stuck a 70 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
It was a strong showing in stifling conditions from Boyce who clocked 3:53:40.
’20 years of working every day with the dream of going to the Olympics, to finally achieve that was pretty incredible.’
The Irish diver’s form deserted him at the Aquatics Centre as he scored 335 overall.
The Irish 4x400m mixed relay team finish eighth in the Olympic final this afternoon.
The 49er team’s harness was deemed to be overweight.
The Longford shooter concluded the event with a score of 118.
The Irish pair saw off a strong German challenge to clinch first place on what was another busy day for Team Ireland.
A second minute Waza-ari swung the contest for the Uzbekistan competitor.