Mary Fitzgerald finishes eighth in the F40 shot put; Richael Timothy 11th in the women’s C1-3 road race
Britney Arendse finishes fourth on final day of Irish action at ParalympicsHan Miaoyu of China claimed gold with a lift of 154kg, which was a new world record, Nigeria’s Bose Omolayo won silver with 145kg and bronze went to Egypt’s Safaa Hassan with a lift of 139kg.
“I am hugely grateful to my other Team Ireland athletes, family and friends who are all her today to cheer me on. The noise from the Irish fans in the crowd really encouraged me.” The 24-year-old was ranked fifth ahead of the event after throwing a personal best of 8.87m earlier this season. However, on a damp and overcast day in Paris, Fitzgerald’s best effort in the Stade de France was 7.64m.“After all the warm-weather training I’ve done the weather was unexpected, but you have to be able to deal with that. I really gave it my best, it just wasn’t to be.”
Finally, there was a surprise 11th hour call-up for equestrian rider Sarah Slattery on Saturday. Having earned a place as first reserve, Slattery was contacted on Saturday morning after another rider was forced to withdraw following veterinary checks.
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