Double delight for paddler Patrick O’Leary 

Elsewhere, Patrick Flanagan became a Paralympian for the first time

 Patrick O'Leary of Ireland competing in the Men's VL3 200 metre sprint heats at the Sea Forest Waterway on day nine during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Cork paddler Patrick O’Leary has qualified for the semi-finals in both of his canoeing competitions, the KL3 200m and the VL3 200m, despite competing in biblical rain in Tokyo. 

O’Leary was sixth in the kayak final in Rio when canoeing was first introduced to the Paralympics and he had no trouble getting through to tomorrow’s KL3 semi-finals (2am Irish time) in his first race.