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Silver for Ireland at Paralympics

Aug 30, 2021 12:57 By radiokerrysport
Silver for Ireland at Paralympics
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Nicole Turner has won Ireland's fourth medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo.

The 19-year old from Portarlington claimed silver in the final of the S6 50 metres butterfly.

Turner produced a personal best of 36.30 seconds to finish behind China’s Yuyan Jiang.

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Róisín Ní Riain has finished in sixth place in the 200 metres SM 13 Individual Medley final - it was a fourth final of the Games for the 16-year-old from Limerick.

Earlier on, Barry McClements has finished 7th in the S9 100 metres Backstroke final.

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The 19-year-old from County Down set a new personal best of 1 minute 5.76 seconds in the final

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In Archery, Meath's Kerrie Leonard bowed out of the Individual Compound Open in the last 16 in her first Paralympics.

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and in Shooting, Tyrone's Phil Eaglesham produced a personal best performance to finish in 14th place overall in the S-H 2 Mixed 10 metre Air Rifle.

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