Ireland’s 14-year-old Paralympic star completes fourth final appearance
Not many Paralympic finalists would admit their dislike of an event they happen to have a special ability for, but then again teenage swimming prodigy Nicole Turner is not your average Paralympian, .
The 14-year-old from Portarlington finished eighth in the S6 400m freestyle final this evening in 5:54.61, a race won by Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Mereshko in 5:17.01. It was Turner’s fourth consecutive final in Rio, but what made the feat more impressive was that this was far from her strongest pursuit.
