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Good luck to our Paralympians

  • 06-09-2008 12:00AM
    #1
    Pride Fighter
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    How can anybody disrespect these people. They are overcoming insurmountable odds in many respects and will be taking place in the olympic games over the next few days. Ireland should be able to bring home a few medals as well.
    So good luck to our Paralympians and all the other ones competing in Beijing.
    They are a credit to themselves and their nation.


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  • #2
    Ponster
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    Good luck indeed !

    http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/athleteprofiles.html


  • #3
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,116 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/2008/0910/mckillopm.html
    Irish teenager Micheal McKillop sensationally won gold in the 800m (T37 class) at the Paralympic Games in Beijing on Wednesday.

    He set a new Paralympic World record time of 1:59.39, shaving a massive 2.74 seconds off the existing mark ,which he himself set at the World Championships in 2006.

    The Antrim athlete, who is coached by his father Paddy, ran a stunning race to leave the field for dead at 200metres, and take the title in this his first Paralympic Games, with over two and a half seconds to spare on the line, in front of a capacity crowd in the Bird's Nest Stadium.

    Well done to the lad! Superb performance


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