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Rio Blow for Paralympic Ireland

ecoli · 2013-08-08 14:46:58

Two reigning Irish Paralympic champions will lose out on a chance to defend their titles in Rio due to restructuring: http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2013/0730/465497-mckillop-and-smyth-effected-by-paralympics-changes/

08-08-2013 2:46pm

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Two reigning Irish Paralympic champions will lose out on a chance to defend their titles in Rio due to restructuring:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2013/0730/465497-mckillop-and-smyth-effected-by-paralympics-changes/

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#2 09-08-2013 6:18pm

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Very unfortunate for them both. At least they will each still have one title to defend. Hopefully neither athlete will be too disheartened by the change.

On the other hand, there was some good news in the reclassification ...

There was good news for Orla Barry with the announcement that the F57/58 discus has been split into two separate events.

The Cork thrower secured silver at the World Championships last week, but is ranked number one in the world in the F57 category.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/other-sports/mckillop-and-smyth-denied-chance-to-defend-titles-238434.html

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