Struggle for Irish as heat takes toll at Paralympic Games

A day to forget. For the majority of the Irish team in action in Rio yesterday, that was how they’ll look back on the fifth day of the Paralympic Games.

It wasn’t all bad – far from it – but let’s not beat around the bush: it wasn’t very good.

After the heroics of Jason Smyth, Eoghan Clifford and Michael McKillop last week, this was never likely to be a very happy Monday for Team Ireland, but the reality was the sole medal chance never materialised, while the men’s football team endured another annihilation, this time at the hands of Great Britain.