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Our athletes have done us proud over the summer. In the Olympics, Ireland secured seven medals earlier this summer.
And we’re looking like we could match that in the Paralympics!
Over the weekend we secured two silver medals in swimming and cycling.
Now, we have secured two more medals!
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Orla Comerford broke the 12-second barrier for only the second time in her career to win bronze in the T13 100m final on Tuesday night. She was only two-hundredths of a second outside her Personal Best.
But it was enough to secure a bronze! And we couldn’t be prouder.
Azerbaijan’s Lamiya Valiyeva came first on Tuesday night in a world record time of 11.76.
That wasn’t the only medal Ireland claimed on Tuesday.
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Just five minutes earlier, Roísín Ní Riain came third in the SM13 200m individual medley at the La Défense Arena. It was a nail biting final as Roísín seemed to be settled into fourth place after the butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke legs.
However, the 19-year-old overtook Uzbekistan’s Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova in the final freestyle leg to claim bronze by eight-hundredths of a second.
Well done girls, you’ve done the country proud!
