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Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal won their second gold medal of Tokyo 2020 during the treacherous 92.4km road race in brutal conditions today⁠
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An amazing feat of human endurance and Dunlevy had these inspirational words during her euphoric interview after the race⁠
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"I struggled at school, I found school really hard," she admitted. "I was diagnosed at 11 – I would have liked to have been able to say to my younger self then that everything is going to be OK – great things can happen.⁠
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"Just believe in yourself and there are things you can do, and that is what I would tell someone young with sight issues at home watching this."⁠
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A great example of overcoming adversity and becoming your best self !⁠

Brilliant success over the weekend from team Ireland with medals for cycling duo Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal who broke a world record in their semi final only to have it beaten in the final to put them in silver medal spot. Amazing achievement 🥈 ⁠
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Jason Smith, "the fastest paralympian on the planet" added to his incredible record of winning T13 100 metre gold at 4 consecutive olympic finals ! The 34 year old beat his Algerian rival by just .01 of a second demonstrating the finest of fine lines it can take to achieve ultimate success 🥇⁠
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A really interesting quote we found was from one of our cycling coaches who pointed out that regardless of medals or positions - every single rider delivered a PB performance. Unbelievable to have a whole team go out and perform their best at the same time.⁠

The very best of luck to team Ireland as the Paralympic games get underway in Tokyo⁠
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29 Athletes have qualified for the Games in 27 slots representing Ireland in 9 sports.⁠
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Hopefully they can bring us home some medals but regardless of that, it's great to see us being represented on the world stage by athletes who've had to find a way to overcome more adversity than most of the population will ever dream of facing 💪⁠
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