Offaly at the Paralympic Games

 07 Sep 2016

The opening ceremony for the 2016 Paralympic Games will be held today in Rio and competition gets underway thereafter.

Offaly Sports Partnership wishes all 48 members of the Irish team the very best of luck. It is great to see an extensive Offaly interest at the Games this year.

James Nolan from Screggan, himself a two time Olympian (Sydney 2000 & Athens 2004), will manage the ten person Irish athletics team. Under James' leadership this team has gone from strength to strength since the London Games.

Francine Meehan from Killurin won two medals at the London Games where she was a pilot cyclist for Catherine Walsh. Offaly County Council honoured these cyclists with a civic reception after the London Games. This year Catherine and Francine are taking on a new challenge and will compete in the triathlon. Francine will act as Catherine's eyes for the gruelling event and will guide her in the swim, cycle and run. The Women's triathlon is scheduled for Sunday 11th September at 11:20am local time (3:20pm here in Ireland)

14 year old Nicole Turner from Garryhinch is the youngest member of the Irish team and is likely to be the busiest in the coming ten days. Nicole is scheduled to take part in six swimming events. If she makes the final in all, which is highly likely, she will be in the pool twelve times in the next ten days. Nicole's competition is attached for your information

Go néirí an tadh!
 

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