Ní Riain stands every chance of adding to medal haul and equaling exceptional feat

The Limerick teenager finished fourth in the SB13 100m breaststroke at the 2022 and 2023 World championships.

Ireland’s Roisin Ni Riain celebrates winning a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley. Picture: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Only once in Paralympic history has an Irish female swimmer climbed the podium three times at the one Games. A remarkable feat, and so an understandably rare feat.

Mairead Berry brought home to Dublin one gold and two silver from Sydney 24 years ago. Those were her third Games. She’d medaled at Atlanta and Barcelona four and eight years previous. A Games veteran even if her 25-year-old age belied that status.