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PB but no medal for Irish swimmer

Aug 27, 2021 12:57 By radiokerrysport
PB but no medal for Irish swimmer
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Roisin Ni Riain has set a new personal best in the final of the S13 400 metres freestyle at the Paralympics.

The Limerick woman swam a time of 4 minutes 44-point-0-9 seconds to finish fifth.

The gold medal went to Anna Stetsenko of Ukraine.

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There was disappointment for Galway's Ronan Grimes, who narrowly missed out on a podium finish earlier.

He lost his bronze medal race to Columbia's Diego Duenas in cycling's C4 4000 metres individual pursuit.

Richael Timothy had a 10th place finish in the C1 to C3 500 metres time trial.

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Elsewhere, Colin Judge's campaign in the table tennis ended at the last 16 stage.

Kerrie Leonard was 18th in Archery's Individual Compound Open, while Michael Murphy was eighth in equestrian's Grade 1 Individual Test.

Greta Streimikyte placed second in her heat of the T-13 15-hundred metres to qualify for the final.

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