Swimming finalist targeted last week after sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke received racist abuse in recent months
A social media post by Paralympics Ireland highlighting the 20-year-old’s participation in the Games received several replies of a strong racist nature.
“I think the reality is, and I think Irish people would support this, is that we want those athletes, they represent us, we don’t want these keyboard warriors, they don’t represent us. Registe is a relative newcomer to the Irish Para swim team and his first major international appearance was in the European Championships in Madeira at the end of April, during which he finished fourth in the 100m breaststroke final.
“These things self-correct a lot on social media, you’ll have one person saying one negative thing and 10 or 100 people coming in supporting the athlete.
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