Shannon McCurley: ‘Everything seems to have fallen into place’ to make Irish cycling history

McCurley will become the country’s first ever female cyclist to ride on the track at a Games

Shannon McCurley will make history this Saturday at 2pm Irish time when she takes to the boards inside the Olympic velodrome in Rio, writes Brian Canty.

The Australian-born Irishwoman will become the country’s first ever female cyclist to ride on the track at a Games in a discipline few will confess to knowing anything about.