Cork's Orla Barry 'absolutely delighted' with silver at Rio Paralympics

Cork’s Orla Barry found silver lining with her second-place finish in the F57 discus throw in Rio today, having overcome a plague of doubts which had threatened to derail her medal chances earlier in the week, writes Cathal Dennehy.

Cork's Orla Barry 'absolutely delighted' with silver at Rio Paralympics

Cork’s Orla Barry found silver lining with her second-place finish in the F57 discus throw in Rio today, having overcome a plague of doubts which had threatened to derail her medal chances earlier in the week, writes Cathal Dennehy.

The 26-year-old from Ladysbridge was a bronze medallist at the 2012 Games in London, but in warm, humid conditions in the Olympic Stadium, she went one better today.

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