Surprise silver for McCarthy

Dunmanway native John McCarthy crowned an excellent night for Ireland's Paralympic team in Athens, as he finished second in a F32/51 discus final - claiming the nation's second silver medal in two hours.

Following 17-year-old Mayo sprinter Conal McNamara's heroics in the T13 400 metres, McCarthy, who suffers from a spinal injury, broke his personal best by nearly a metre to net a surprise medal and new Irish record.