Ellen Keane and Róisín Ní Riain both complete their Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games programme with personal best performances this morning.
Keane, who already claimed a gold
medal this week, entered the final of the SM9 Women’s 200m Individual Medley in
the hopes of putting together her best performance in the event and she
certainly delivered on that. Keane sat in fourth place at the end of the first
100m but put in a brilliant 50m Breaststroke to enter the final 50m with hopes
of challenging for a medal. However, it was not to be but the Dubliner still
powered home to finish in 5th place in a time of 2:38.64 and a new personal
best performance.
“I hadn’t really reflected that much
on it, after my breaststroke it was just a whirlwind, I knew I wanted to swim
well in my IM so I was just trying to get focussed and not get too caught up in
it but even now I can feel the emotions creeping in so yeah it’s been a great
games”
“I really want to say a big thank you to everyone at home who has cheered
me on and cheered the whole team on and I just want to give a special mention
to my team mate Patrick who hasn’t started his games yet so he is in the pool
tomorrow and I hope everyone will cheer him on for his 400 tomorrow and 100
backstroke the next day”
Ireland’s busiest Paralympian at
Tokyo 2020 also brought her campaign to a close and it was one that will live
long in the young Limerick woman’s memory. In her last event she maintained her
brilliant record of reaching finals at her first games and then she set herself
a new personal best in the SB13 100m Breaststroke as she touched the wall in
7th place with an excellent new personal best. Róisín can now reflect on an
excellent first appearance at the Paralympic Games where she appeared in five
final and set new PB’s in four of them.
“I’m very pleased with that race, it
was faster than this morning, another PB so I can’t complain about that and I’m
very happy.”
“Looking back I think it’s been
amazing, I’ve loved every minute of it and tried to take it all in, and overall
it’s been a pretty amazing experience you know, to be part of the Paralympic
Games.”
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Day 8
Results
SM9 200m Individual Medley Heat,
Barry McClements , 2:29.68, Joint 4th place
SM9 200m Individual Medley Heat,
Ellen Keane, 2:40.99, 2nd place
SB13 100m Breaststroke Heat, Róisín
Ní Riain, 1:20.81, 2nd place
H5 Road Race, Gary O’Reilly, 2:24.57,
4th place
SH2 R5, Philip Eaglesham, 632.0, 21st
place
F41 Discus, Niamh McCarthy, 28.94m,
5th place
SM9 200m Individual Medley Final,
Ellen Keane 2:40.99 (PB)
SB13 100m Breaststroke Final, Róisín
Ní Riain 1:20.34 (PB)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Day 9
Schedule
01:07am, S6 400m Freestyle Heat,
Patrick Flanagan
01:36am, S8 100m Butterfly Heat,
Barry McClements
02:00am, Men’s KL3 Canoe Heat, Pat
O’Leary
03:30am, Men’s VL3 Canoe Heat, Pat
O’Leary
*09:22am, S8 100m Butterfly Final,
Barry McClements (Subject to Qualification)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Day 10
Schedule
01:23am, S6 100m Backstroke Heat,
Barry McClements,
02:12am, KL3 Canoe Semi Final, Pat
O’Leary (Subject to Qualification)
01:30-11:42am, C4-5 Road Race Final,
Ronan Grimes
01:35-02:47am, C1-3 Road Race Final,
Richael Timothy
05:00-07:30am, B Tandem Road Race,
Katie-George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal
05:00-08:07am, B Tandem Road Race,
Martin Gordon & Eamon Byrne
03:44am, KL3 Final, Pat O’Leary
(Subject to Qualification)
MichaelPhelps Teaches Swimming - Most of us can swim, but there’s a difference between dog paddling on vacation and swimming for fitness. If you’re looking to unlock the low-impact, calorie-burning benefits of swimming, check out this course from Michael Phelps on This Skills. The 26-time Olympic gold medalist will cover everything you need to feel confidant and comfortable swimming laps. You’ll learn all the basic strokes, plus wall kicking, diving and other techniques, but you’ll also get a glimpse into the mindset of the most decorated Olympian of all time. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/v4nmne8h
No comments:
Post a Comment