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Róisín Ní Riain adds second medal to her Paris 2024 Paralympic Games collection
Róisín Ní Riain has added a second medal to her Paris 2024 Paralympic collection following a third-place finish in the women’s SM13 200m Individual Medley. Photo: Sport Ireland Twitter
Róisín Ní Riain added a second medal to her Paris 2024 Paralympic Games collection following a third-place finish on Day six of the competition
Limerick swimmer, Róisín Ní Riain has added a second medal to her Paris 2024 Paralympic collection following a third-place finish in the women’s SM13 200m Individual Medley on day six of the competition.
The 19-year-old Limerick native is having an incredible Paralympic Games, finishing the race with a time of 2:27.47, picking up her second medal and Team Ireland‘s third overall for these Games.
Ní Riain continued to make Limerick and Ireland proud as she finished in the top three of another tight race, as she beat Uzbekistan’s Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova by 0.08 seconds in a breath-taking finish.First and second spots went to Italy’s Carlotta Gilli with a time of 2:25.33 who took Gold, and silver going to Team USA swimmer Olivia Chambers who finished with a time of 2:25.90.
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Speaking to Sport Ireland following the race, Róisín said she “couldn’t be happier” with her performance having missed out narrowly in Individual Medley (IM) races in the last three years.
She told Sport Ireland, “I would say with that one, that’s a final swim. I’ve been on the wrong side of the IM touches now for the last three years, so to be able to come out and finally get on the right side of a touch, I couldn’t be happier. I’m delighted with that. You know, the Medley is kind of what I train for at home, day in, day out. It’s the Medley work that I’m doing, temporary of all my strokes, but ultimately for this IM swim.”
“So, I’ve been stuck on the same time and fourths for a long time now, so it’s nice to be able to crack a third. It was a pretty solid swim this morning, and it was really just to be able to build on that swim. I had a couple of technical things to work on, of which I may or may not have done. Still have to go back and rewatch it, sit down like we do all the time, and it was a good swim, but there’s definitely areas to improve like always.”
It was a double celebration for Ireland on Day 6 as Orla Comerford won Team Ireland’s fourth medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games following a stunning display in the T13 100m Final, Comerford stormed home to win bronze in a time just outside her personal best of 11.94.
Róisín will represent Team Ireland again on Day 8 of the competition when she returns to La Defense for the SB13 100m Breaststroke with the first heat scheduled to take place at 10:07 AM on Thursday, September 5.
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