Back to school for Rio starlet Noelle Lenihan

Cork teenager Noelle Lenihan has vowed to get back to her schoolbooks as soon as possible, despite her precocious medal win at the 2016 Paralympics.

The 16-year-old won a bronze medal in the F38 discus on Saturday night to bring Ireland’s final medal tally in Rio to 11 (four gold, four silver and three bronze), just five short of London 2012 and their second biggest haul since 1988.

But Lenihan, who comes from a talented Milford family of runners and hurlers/camogie players, has no intention of resting on her laurels after her sensational Paralympic debut.