“Paige meant everything to us.” Paralympic gold medallist Paige Greco has died aged 28, her mother has announced. The Australian won gold in Tokyo’s 2020 Paralympic Games in the women’s C1–3 3,000m individual pursuit. She also won two bronze medals in time trial events, and had also won gold at the World Championships and World Cups. […]

4 months ago

“It’s just fantastic isn’t it lads?” Viewers were loving the family of Irish Paralympic sprinter Orla Comerford for their interview on RTÉ following her bronze medal on Tuesday. Orla won bronze for Ireland in the T13 100m final at the Stade de France, which was Ireland’s second bronze medal of the night following Róisín Ní […]

1 year ago

He was reinstated after being wrongly disqualified Paralympic swimmer Ahmed Kelly won silver in the 150m medley SM3 final after facing disqualification in one of the earlier heats. The Australian swimmer has a condition called diastrophic dysplasia, and is missing both arms from the elbow down, and both legs below the knee. The Iraq-born athlete […]

1 year ago

It comes as part of a little-known rule Paralympians with an Olympic ring tattoo could be banned from competing at the Paralympic games. With the Olympics well and truly in the past after two weeks of sporting excitement and excellence, we can look forward to doing it all again next week. Starting from the 28 […]

1 year ago

Great scenes. The 48 Irish athletes that comprised the Irish team deserved a rapturous welcome when they returned to Dublin and we’re delighted to say that they received one. Having won 11 medals in Rio de Janeiro, the team managed to eclipse the medal target that was set out by Paralympics Ireland as they finished 28th […]

10 years ago

Following the Irish Paralympic team produced four Gold medals, four Silver medals, three Bronze medals and a lifetime of memories. My name is Joe Harrington; I’m travelling through Central and South America for eight months, here’s what happened during week 24. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (continued) At the end of last week’s diary I said, “fingers crossed […]

10 years ago