The games show how – with imagination and resources – real inclusion can be fostered across society
Katie-George Dunlevy, right, and pilot Linda Kelly celebrate with their gold medals after winning the women's B individual time trial. Ireland’s four-time Paralympian, Katie-George Dunlevy, spoke about how, as a child with a visual impairment, she had nobody to look up to, or to inspire her. Her extraordinary achievements in the velodrome and on the road were not only cheered by the nation but had a deeper importance.
This time around Ireland’s medallists were all visually impaired women. Dunlevy won a gold and two silvers with pilots Linda Kelly and Eve McCrystal, swimmer Róisín Ní Riain won silver and bronze, and sprinterIt was a slightly smaller medal haul than the team might have expected.
It was impossible, watching the games, not to be inspired by the spectacle of athletes focusing on what was possible, with great courage and determination. The ethos of the games is one of encouraging participation – finding ways for the athletes to take part in many of the sports seen in the Olympics a few weeks early, alongside other, specially adapted events.
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