Katie-George Dunlevy helps deliver Ireland’s first gold of Paralympic Games
By Frank Craig
Published 4th Sep 2024, 15:35 GMT
Dunlevy - whose dad John is a native of Mountcharles - and her pilot Linda Kelly stormed to victory in the women's B individual time trial
Katie-George Dunlevy has picked up Ireland’s first gold medal at the Paris Paralympic Games.
Dunlevy - whose dad John is a native of Mountcharles - and her pilot Linda Kelly stormed to victory in the women's B individual time trial.
It's Dunlevy’s seventh Paralympic medal in total which now includes four gold and three silver medals.
Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal collected a silver medal in the women's B 3000m individual pursuit on Sunday.
Meanwhile, in the men’s B individual time trial, Damien Vereker and pilot Mitchell McLaughlin - a Drumkeen native - finished seventh, clocking 36:31.09.