Paralympics day two: Róisín Ní Riain wins silver in 100m backstroke

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Paralympics Day Two: Róisín Ní Riain Wins Silver In 100M Backstroke
Roisin Ni Riain with her silver medal. Photo: Inpho.
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Ellen O'Donoghue

Róisín Ni Riain has just won a silver medal in the 100-metre backstroke final with a time of one minute 7.27 seconds, winning Team Ireland's first medal at this Paralympic games in the La Défense Arena in Paris.

The 19-year-old has just won her first Paralympic medal, and finished in fourth place in the 100-metre butterfly S-13 final on Thursday night.

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The race was won by world and Paralympic record holder Gia Pergolini from the USA in a time of 1:04.93.

Italy’s Carlotta Gilli was third in a time of 1:08.08. It is Ní Riain’s first Paralympic medal.

Ellen Keane has just missed out on a medal, as she finished fourth in the final of the 100-metre breaststroke SB8 final in her final Paralympic Games.

Shauna Bocquet qualified comfortably for the final of the T54 5000m. The Galway athlete finished fourth in her heat, with a time of 13 minutes, 44.52 seconds.

Donegal Paralympian Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal finished fifth in the women's b 1000m time trial final.

Katie O'Brien and Tiarnán O'Donnell finished fourth in their PR2 mixed double sculls heat with a time of 9 minutes, 3.33 seconds, which means they go into the repêchage.

At the Velodrome, Ronan Grimes needs a top six finish to advance from the Men's C4-5 1000-metre time trial qualifying.

Meath Archer Kerrie Leonard lost her knockout round match to China's Jiamin Zhou in the women's individual compound.

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