Mitchell McLaughlin and Katie-George Dunlevy confirmed for Paralympics

Katie-George Dunlevy will go to her fourth Paralympic Games next month

while Drumkeen cyclist Mitchell McLaughlin has also been confirmed as part of the Irish squad that will travel to Paris.

Dunlevy, whose father John hails from Mountcharles, will compete alongside Eve McCrystal.

At the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo – which were held in 2021 – Dunlevy won gold in the time trial and road race as well as silver in the individual pursuit.

Those medals followed time trial gold and road race silver from the 2016 Paralympics with Dunlevy also having competed in track pursuit and time trials in 2012.

The 42-year-old is attached to the Donegal Bay Cycling Club and is one of 12 athletes across three sports to be announced by Paralympics Ireland.

McLaughlin will go as a pilot for Kilkenny's Damien Vereker and the pair were ninth in the time trial at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Scotland.

Earlier this year, McLaughlin won the Benferri CRI, a Vinalopó Interclubs Tournament held in Benferri, Spain.

The 26-year-old is attached to teh Velo Revolution Cycling Team.

Track racing gets underway on the first day of the Games, running from 29th of August until 1st of September. The road events will start on Wednesday 4th of September and conclude on Saturday 7th. The track events will be in the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome and the road events will take place in Clicky-Sous-Bois in Seine-Saint-Denis.