Disappointment for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal

With the exception of Michael McKillop’s glorious gold medal, yesterday proved a disappointing day for much of the Paralympic team in Rio.

Ireland’s tandem pairing of Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal came up short in their bid for a medal in the women’s individual pursuit, their time of 3:33.471 leaving them fifth, just 0.173 seconds away from the medal race.

“We’re disappointed,” said Dunleevy. “We were here to get in the medal ride-off for gold and silver and we believed we could do it. We were aiming to get a personal best today but it wasn’t good enough on the day.”