Paralympics 2012 Daily Diary

KevIRL · 02-09-2012 10:03AM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

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

Does anyone know time of final?

About 14:50 or therebouts, tune in from 14:45 to be sure.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 10:29AM

KevIRL wrote: »

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

She must have pulled out of the event. Maybe she hasn't recovered sufficiently since her stunning gold medal swim on Friday night.

Truman Burbank · 02-09-2012 10:50AM

That was a WR time of 3.31.53 from Philipa Gray of NZL to beat Catherine Walsh's 3.36.45 in their heat. Does anyone have a PB for Catherine please? Can't locate. A mention too for Katie George Dunleavy (with pilot Sandra Fitzgerald) in 5th after the heats. Well done to them.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 11:06AM

Truman Burbank wrote: »

That was a WR time of 3.31.53 from Philipa Gray of Australia to beat Catherine Walsh's 3.36.45 in their heat. Does anyone have a PB for Catherine please? Can't locate. A mention too for Katie George Dunleavy (with pilot Sandra Fitzgerald) in 5th after the heats. Well done to them.

3:37.392mins I think was her best before today. Best this year anyway.

endswell · 02-09-2012 11:09AM

Dan man wrote: »

She must have pulled out of the event. Maybe she hasn't recovered sufficiently since her stunning gold medal swim on Friday night.

prob with arm i think, mentioned on setanta after darraghs win yesterday

F.R. · 02-09-2012 11:23AM

New National Record for the Men's Sprint Team.
Congratulations to Cathal Miller, Colin Lynch and Enda Smyth

Dan man · 02-09-2012 11:31AM

F.R. wrote: »

New National Record for the Men's Sprint Team.
Congratulations to Cathal Miller, Colin Lynch and Enda Smyth

Great ride by the guys.... they placed 8th overall.

KevIRL · 02-09-2012 11:32AM

Dan man wrote: »

Great ride by the guys...think they placed 8th overall.

Better again Dan, finished in 7th place. Super performance by them and as this was the first time the event has taken place at the Paralympics they held the Paralympic record for about 10 mins as well:D

Dan man · 02-09-2012 12:25PM

KevIRL wrote: »

Better again Dan, finished in 7th place. Super performance by them and as this was the first time the event has taken place at the Paralympics they held the Paralympic record for about 10 mins as well:D

Please tell me the Chinese team weren't disqualified!!?

Dan man · 02-09-2012 12:33PM

KevIRL wrote: »

Better again Dan, finished in 7th place. Super performance by them and as this was the first time the event has taken place at the Paralympics they held the Paralympic record for about 10 mins as well:D

Are you sure about the 7th place? Official site shows no DQs so still in 8th place. I'm looking forward to that gold medal race off between China and Britain so I would have been really annoyed if the Chinese had been DQd.

KevIRL · 02-09-2012 12:47PM

Dan man wrote: »

Are you sure about the 7th place? Official site shows no DQs so still in 8th place. I'm looking forward to that gold medal race off between China and Britain so I would have been really annoyed if the Chinese had been DQd.

The graphic on Setanta had Ireland as 7th. And that was without China getting DQ'ed

Dan man · 02-09-2012 12:53PM

KevIRL wrote: »

The graphic on Setanta had Ireland as 7th. And that was without China getting DQ'ed

Yes I was watching on Setanta and they were saying worse case scenario for Ireland was 7th, but I think they were mistaken. Great result anyway by the lads....looking forward to Colin Lynch go for the medals in the road TT event during the week.
Still got Mark Rohan to come also in the handcycling so should be plenty of excitement ahead for us on the cycling front.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 02:16PM

Catherine Walsh....SILVER MEDAL!!!

Dan man · 02-09-2012 02:17PM

Medal watch....

IRELAND 4 GOLD 1 SILVER 0 BRONZE 5 TOTAL

Truman Burbank · 02-09-2012 02:19PM

Dan man wrote: »

3:37.392mins I think was her best before today. Best this year anyway.

Yes, brilliant! And in 3.36.36 was it??

EDIT 3.36.45. FAB!

Skid · 02-09-2012 02:32PM

Great to see the Paralympics going so well. Huge crowds and some brilliant performances by Irish Athletes. Hopefully the great achievements so far will inspire our remaining Competitors in the coming days.

The_Kew_Tour · 02-09-2012 03:15PM

Another fine achievement and another great cycle in the final.

Cant ask for more.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 07:05PM

HELEN KEARNEY.....SILVER MEDAL!!

Helen rode brilliantly in equestrian (Grade Ia) Championship Final posting a gret score of 76.700% for the silver medal!! Our 6th medal!!

Dan man · 02-09-2012 07:07PM

Medal watch....

IRELAND 4 GOLD 2 SILVER 0 BRONZE 6 TOTAL

The_Kew_Tour · 02-09-2012 07:08PM

Dan man wrote: »

HELEN KEARNEY.....SILVER MEDAL!!

Helen rode brilliantly in equestrian (Grade Ia) Championship Final!! Our 6th medal!!

Excellent!!! Well done to her.

Just pity I missed it.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 07:13PM

TEAM IRELAND DRESSAGE.....BRONZE MEDAL!!

This is amazing, a medal of every colour now...the medals just keep coming for Ireland's Paralympians!!

Dan man · 02-09-2012 07:14PM

Medal watch....

IRELAND 4 GOLD 2 SILVER 1 BRONZE 7 TOTAL

The_Kew_Tour · 02-09-2012 07:22PM

3 medals today is great.

Dont think we expected that.

More to come too.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 07:24PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

3 medals today is great.

Dont think we expected that.

More to come too.

Yep, we're still only halfway to what I think our medal haul will finish on....this is amazing!! Another few golds in the team yet at least with a bit of luck!!

Maryanne40 · 02-09-2012 07:33PM

Hugely proud of the paralympic team....congrats to the cyclists today and now the equestrian folk too. I'm an amputee since I was a teenager....really wish all these opportunities existed back in the 80's. Gave up sport completely and sorry now....but it's great to see attitudes changing and times moving on.

Dan man · 02-09-2012 07:44PM

Maryanne40 wrote: »

Hugely proud of the paralympic team....congrats to the cyclists today and now the equestrian folk too. I'm an amputee since I was a teenager....really wish all these opportunities existed back in the 80's. Gave up sport completely and sorry now....but it's great to see attitudes changing and times moving on.

This is such a proud moment not only for Irish sport but for Ireland....it is amazing to see how those super athletes are representing us with distinction on the world stage and even better to see that their performances are bringing so much joy to much of the nation.
As ever, there is much much more still to do but let's revel in the super achievements of the team for now.
The Paralympic team deserve everything good coming to them down the line....and hopefully there's plenty of rewards coming! We're onto something very good here....it needs to continue in the future.

The_Kew_Tour · 02-09-2012 07:52PM

I remember watching Ennis, Farah and the long jumper for Britain(name escapes me as type) and thinking to myself. Wow what a night to be British, Jesus what I would give to have night like that for us.

Never though only few weeks later it would happen like last night.

Maryanne40 · 02-09-2012 07:58PM

I had that exact same feeling too and almost wished I was British that night!! Looking at the wheechair basketball now (I did play that for a couple of years but not till I was already too old) and it is a fantastic game...one that is almost better to look at than the able bodied version.

The_Kew_Tour · 02-09-2012 08:03PM

RTE 1 coverage for Irish highlights on now. Just talking about last night at moment.

KevIRL · 02-09-2012 08:22PM

Those equestrian medals have caught me by surprise, an unexpected bonus! Well done all concerned.

Paralympics 2012 Daily Diary

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