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Limerick's Róisín Ní Riain ends Ireland's wait for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games medal with silver in the S13 100m Backstroke Limerick's Róisín Ní Riain ends Ireland's wait for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games medal with silver in the S13 100m Backstroke

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Róisín Ní Riain qualifies for S13 100m Butterfly Final at Paris 2024

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Limerick athlete, Róisín Ní Riain has qualified for the women’s 100m Butterfly Final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic games following a strong performance in this morning’s heats earning her a fifth place overall finish and a place in the final.

Limerick Paralympian, Róisín Ní Riain, has qualified for the final of the women’s S13 100m Butterfly at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

Limerick Paralympian, Róisín Ní Riain, has qualified for the final of the women's S13 100m Butterfly at the 2024 Paris Paralympics
Róisín Ní Ríain picked up a medal in the Women’s 100m Butterfly S13 final of the Para Swimming European Championships at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex in Funchal, Portugal. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Roisín Ní Riain, the Drombana native has had an incredible 2024 to date having won the women’s 100m breaststroke SB13 final on day two of the 2024 European Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal this past April.

Ní Riain now adds to the incredible achievements of 2024 and her career having qualified for the Women’s 100m Butterfly final at this year’s Paralympics being held in Paris.

Finishing in a time of 1:06.40 in her heat, the Limerick athlete finished fifth overall, fourth in her heat, but with a good enough time to make it through the final.


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Róisín, swimming out of lane 3, started out strong and was in second place after the first 50m, but with tough competition, the Limerick swimmer done well to hold in at fourth and with a quick enough time to see her book a place in the final.

Róisín’s performance gives her the chance to be back in action this evening as the women’s 100m Butterfly Final will take place this evening, Friday, August 29th, with the swimmers scheduled to take to the pool at 7:15pm.

Also joining Ní Riain in a final this evening will be Nicole Turner who finished fifth place with a time of 35.35 in her heats overall for the women’s 50m Freestyle with teammate Dearbhaile Brady sadly missing out with a time of 36.45 finishing tenth overall.

Turner will be in action at 6.17pm this evening, be fore Ní Riain, with both athletes hoping to get Team Ireland off to a medal-winning start on day one of competition at the 2024 Paris Paralympic games.

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