Team Ireland double Paralympic medal haul in five beautifully bronze minutes

“Bronze sisters” is what Comerford called herself and Roísín. No fear of that one not sticking.

BRONZE SISTERS: Five days, then five minutes. Scant sight of a medal, then a podium rush. Five minutes between Roísín Ní Riain’s overtaking freestyle leg and Orla Comerford’s long overdue arrival.

Five days, then five minutes. Scant sight of a medal, then a podium rush. Five minutes between Roísín Ní Riain’s overtaking freestyle leg and Orla Comerford’s long overdue arrival.

Ireland collected two medals across the opening five days of Paralympic action. It was a slow trickle of athletes onto the podium that made the pre-Games target of eight to 10 medals look foolishly ambitious.