Paralympics 2012 Daily Diary

Truman Burbank · 01-09-2012 07:43PM

calex71 wrote: »

Am I correct in thinking the T13 category Jason was competing in was for some kind of visual impairment Excuse my ignorance

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Jason has central, not peripheral vision, which means he can just about see athletes who are basically running level with him in the 2 adjacent lanes, but no further across from this. Take last night's heat for example, seeing him compete from Lane 2 (no athlete in Lane 1), my initial thought was 'Crap lane'. When he won with that WR, my initial thought was 'You'll get a great lane for the final'. When the importance/advantage/whatever of lane draws in able-bodied competition is taken into account, it just adds to the remarkability of his achievements. I think I just made up a word.

Silvio.Dante · 01-09-2012 07:55PM

Good luck Michael...

Dan man · 01-09-2012 07:57PM

Come on Michael!! Best of luck!

Silvio.Dante · 01-09-2012 08:03PM

Majestic!!!

F.R. · 01-09-2012 08:03PM

A masterclass. Congratulations Michael. New WR.

Dan man · 01-09-2012 08:03PM

GOLD.....WORLD RECORD!!!

Truman Burbank · 01-09-2012 08:04PM

Oh, What a Night.

KevIRL · 01-09-2012 08:04PM

Amazing day. Brilliant stuff there from Michael. Destroyed the world record as well

Dan man · 01-09-2012 08:06PM

Medal watch....

IRELAND 4 GOLD 0 SILVER 0 BRONZE 4 TOTAL

Silvio.Dante · 01-09-2012 08:06PM

Truman Burbank wrote: »

Oh, What a Night.

Early September, filled us all with glee.....;)

calex71 · 01-09-2012 08:09PM

Wow his face on the final straight , calm as you like, not a hint of tiring.

Absolutely brilliant to see the gold total increase for ireland, the commentary on channel 4 was very favourable for him "this guy breaks world records for fun"

KevIRL · 01-09-2012 08:11PM

Dan man wrote: »

Medal watch....

IRELAND 4 GOLD 0 SILVER 0 BRONZE 4 TOTAL

And up to 9th in the medal table

Truman Burbank · 01-09-2012 08:15PM

calex71 wrote: »

Wow his face on the final straight , calm as you like, not a hint of tiring.

Absolutely brilliant to see the gold total increase for ireland, the commentary on channel 4 was very favourable for him "this guy breaks world records for fun"

May have commented before on how how hugely supportive The British are of The Irish (IMO). They really are. Claire Balding is a legend. Don't dare disagree!

calex71 · 01-09-2012 08:17PM

Truman Burbank wrote: »

May have commented before on how how hugely supportive The British are of The Irish (IMO). They really are. Claire Balding is a legend. Don't dare disagree!

Totally agree, the BBC guys where the same for the boxers when I watched the fights on there a few weeks back.

Truman Burbank · 01-09-2012 08:27PM

calex71 wrote: »

Totally agree, the BBC guys where the same for the boxers when I watched the fights on there a few weeks back.

Was at Katie's final, right after Nicola Adams' gold. We cheered for them, they cheered for us. We stood for them, they stood for us.

The_Kew_Tour · 01-09-2012 08:43PM

One of the greatest days in Irish Sport without a doubt.

And fair play to the British who have roared for the Irish throughout both games.

The_Kew_Tour · 01-09-2012 08:52PM

Any Gold or medal prospects tomorrow?

Im getting greedy;)

Dan man · 01-09-2012 09:00PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Any Gold or medal prospects tomorrow?

Im getting greedy;)

Most definitely...we have a current World Champion in action tomorrow....Catherine Walsh in the Track Cycling Women's B 3km Individual Pursuit...I'll have a look through the timetable for others now....

The_Kew_Tour · 01-09-2012 09:03PM

Dan man wrote: »

Most definitely...we have a current World Champion in action tomorrow....Catherine Walsh in the Track Cycling Women's B 3km Individual Pursuit...I'll have a look through the timetable for others now....

great...doing great job as always in this thread Dan.

Dan man · 01-09-2012 09:08PM

Bethany Firth is in with an outside chance of adding another medal to her gold from yesterday in the Women's S14 200m Freestyle.
Not sure about any medals but Colin Lynch, Enda Smyth and Cathal Miller should do well in the Track Cycling Men's C1-5 Team Sprint.

Beasty · 01-09-2012 10:58PM

Dan man wrote: »

Colin Lynch, Enda Smyth and Cathal Miller should do well in the Track Cycling Men's C1-5 Team Sprint.

Don't expect too much of the guys tomorrow. They are definitely outsiders in this event, being the first off (and therefore lowest ranked) of the teams competing

The sprint events tend to be much more difficult than the pursuit (endurance) events for the Irish. This is a very technical event requiring extensive practice and specialist sprinters - some of the other teams will have full time cyclists who access to the best equipment and indoor velodromes. The Irish tend to have to make do with a few overseas training camps to prepare.

Dan man · 01-09-2012 11:06PM

Beasty wrote: »

Don't expect too much of the guys tomorrow. They are definitely outsiders in this event, being the first off (and therefore lowest ranked) of the teams competing

The sprint events tend to be much more difficult than the pursuit (endurance) events for the Irish. This is a very technical event requiring extensive practice and specialist sprinters - some of the other teams will have full time cyclists who access to the best equipment and indoor velodromes. The Irish tend to have to make do with a few overseas training camps to prepare.

Yes, I'm not expecting a medal really but thought they deserve a mention.... just goes to show how good our Paracycling team are when top finishes are expected rather than being wishful thinking.
I think Catherine and Fran are going to get into the medals tomorrow...current World Champions if I'm not mistaken. Katie George Dunlevy and Sandra Fitzgerald also go in the penultimate heat so they should go well too. Best of luck to them all.

Maryanne40 · 01-09-2012 11:37PM

OMG, I go out for a few hours and I come back and we have another gold! Fabulous, fabulous day....take a bow Michael Mc Killop. Oscar Pistorious majestic too!!! Wonderful viewing.

ROCKMAN · 02-09-2012 06:07AM

Last night I was trying to explain to my six year old(who's learning to swim at the moment) how the swimmers could swim without legs ,when she asks for about the 3rd time BUT HOW???

When my 9 year old came to the rescue with

" Because their SUPERHUMAN " !!!!!

sums it up really..............

Silvio.Dante · 02-09-2012 07:24AM

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Last night I was trying to explain to my six year old(who's learning to swim at the moment) how the swimmers could swim without legs ,when she asks for about the 3rd time BUT HOW???

When my 9 year old came to the rescue with

" Because their SUPERHUMAN " !!!!!

sums it up really..............

Brilliant...:)

Truman Burbank · 02-09-2012 09:40AM

Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan into the 3k pursuit final today - another medal. Tubridy will need extra seats!

Maryanne40 · 02-09-2012 09:44AM

DEFINITELY another medal is it? Where are you watching that?

KevIRL · 02-09-2012 09:52AM

Maryanne40 wrote: »

DEFINITELY another medal is it? Where are you watching that?

Into the final and up against Australia so guarenteed a silver medal, the Australian though was 5 secs better in qualifying so Catherine up against it

KevIRL · 02-09-2012 10:02AM

Did Bethany Firth swim this morning in the S14 200m free? Cant see her listed in the results

The_Kew_Tour · 02-09-2012 10:02AM

You know things are going really well when Silver(most likely) seems disappointing.:D

Does anyone know time of final?

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