World record and silver for Barry

Orla Barry increased Ireland’s medal tally at the IPC World Championships to five when shesecured silver in the F57/58 women’s discus on the penultimate day of action in Lyon.

Barry’s final throw of 31.08m was a world record in the F57 classification, earning her 1002 points, but insufficient to reel in Algeria’s Nassima Saifi who scored 1031 points, breaking the world record in the F58 classification when registering 42.05m.

The Ladysbridge native eased into the final series with three attempts over the 30m mark, but Saifi’s world record throw set a difficult target for the 22-year-old to overhaul.