Transplant and dialysis athletes head for Slovenia Games

THE 29 Irish athletes who will fly out to Slovenia for the third European Transplant and Dialysis Games today are all hoping to do far better than the country’s Olympic squad.

Every one of them is hoping to build on Ireland’s fantastic performance in Budapest two years ago when a team of eight athletes won 32 metals.

The six-day event will be the largest European gathering of dialysed and transplanted people. Around 400 people will be taking part, including 60 dialysis patients from 37 countries.