Ireland’s Paul McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Richard Whealey placed 9th overall in the 2008 Paralympic Games at the conclusion of their regatta in the Sonar class. On their final day’s racing they placed 12th and 11th.

Irish wheelchair athlete Patrice Dockery has been reinstated in the field for tomorrow night's Paralympic T54 5000m final in Athens, following a meeting of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Cork sailor John Twomey produced Ireland's best result of the Paralympics so far, as he guided his 23ft keelboat to third in the second of today's Sonar class races at the Agios Kosmas centre.