ELLEN KEANE PUT in a stunning performance to clinch gold in the SB8 100m breaststroke final in Tokyo this morning.
It’s Team Ireland’s first medal of this year’s Paralympic Games.
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The 26-year-old Dubliner — a bronze medal winner in Rio – clocked a personal best time of 1.19.93 to become a Paralympic champion.
The Clontarf swimmer trailed New Zealand rival Sarah Pascoe at the turn but stormed home in the best performance of her career to clinch the gold.
Pascoe finished second, ahead of Russian swimmer Adelina Razetdinova.
Earlier, 16-year-old Róisin Ní Riain finished sixth in the final of the S13 100m backstroke, in a personal best time of 1.08.6.
Fantastic, a great achievement.
Fantastic. Congratulations.
Congratulations Ellen and Roisin. Great uplifting news in these times!
Fantastic achievement congratulations to all paralympians
Great news, congratulations to Ellen Keane.
Well done to her! Great achievement.
Brilliant, massive congratulations
Get in Ellen
Well done, delighted here
Fantastic news. Congratulations
Congratulations Ellen
What a result. Fair play
Brilliant achievement Ellen…..and sixteen year old Roisin setting a PB on the grandest of stages! Fantastic results!
Congratulations to Ellen on her GOLD for Ireland.
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Fantástico ,great woman yourself.
Comhghairdeas léi
Congratulations. Brilliant achievement Ellen Keane.
Comhghairdeas Ellen!
Seeing the tricolour being raised above all others with Amhràn na bhFiann ringing out would bring a tear to a stone!
Brilliant, well done Ellen Keane! Gold, no less !
Congratulations and best wishes ❤
Comhghairdeas
Absolutely fabulous. So delighted for her
Whoop whoop
Well done
Congratulations Ellen
What a performance from a class act makes us all proud to be Irish…congratulations to all involved
Amazing!! Congrats. What an achievement
Amazing news.
Yippie so great so great
Congratulations Ellen, what a beautiful young women, and obviously a very hard nut aswell. Totally amazing stuff.
Some good news amongst the chaos of daily rubbish we are fed
Excellent news. I watched the feature RTÉ did on her and her Olympic journey so this win feels especially special!
What an achievement, Congratulations.
Another Irish Olympic champion.
Well done! #madeusproud
Excellent. Well done