Updated at 20.44
JASON SMYTH HAS won another gold medal for Ireland at the Paralympics this evening, setting a new world record in the 200m Final in the process.
The athlete won with a time of 21.05, easing to victory at the Olympic Stadium.
Smyth finished comfortably ahead of Russians Alexey Labzin (21.95) and Artem Loginov (22.03), who took silver and bronze respectively.
Speaking to Setanta after his victory, Smyth said: “It’s great for me. I can never forget all the people that got me here.”
And despite claiming two gold medals, Smyth still believes there is “room for improvement” in his performance.
“I haven’t developed as much as I need to reach my potential,” he said. “I still believe there’s more to come.”
Smyth described how it had been “a pleasure” to represent Ireland, and added: “Hopefully this will bring the Paralympics forward.”
In addition, the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, was one of the many congratulating Smyth, in addition to Mark Rohan and Catherine O’Neill, for their achievements today.
He said: “I would like to extend the congratulations of the whole country to Mark, Jason and Catherine on their fantastic achievements
at the London 2012 Paralympics today.“Winning a medal at any major championships is a tremendous achievement but to win at the highest stage of them all proves an athlete to be one of the best in the world not just physically, but mentally too. To win two gold medals at the one games is an unbelievable accomplishment and it shows that Mark and Jason are two of the leading athletes in the world.”
It is Smyth’s second gold at these Games and fourth in total, as he won the same two medals (100m and 200m) four years ago at the Beijing Games.
Smyth’s win means Team Ireland have now claimed eight golds and 16 medals in total at the London Paralympics.
Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him
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Super performance and result albeit against a woeful Watford. Unlikely to be a worse performance by any PL team this season. Salah is unbelievable and his goal was magical, give him the contract his performances and goals deserve. Great to see Firmino scoring. Though Kelleher had nothing to do he kept his concentration to make a very good save at the end. Gonna be a tight title race. Surprised Salah and Mane played the 90 minutes, Minamino could have done with game time especially against that Watford team.
Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch him…..Firmino not bad either : )
Time to sack Ranieri…….
@John S: dilly ding dilly dong
@Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone
Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us
Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!
Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him
Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PL side as bad as that Watford side today….if they lost 10-0 it wouldn’t have been a surprise! Woeful…
@Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for you…. :)
@Gordon Larney: no need to fix anything. That was the worst performance I’ve ever seen from a PL side, dreadful stuff and Liverpool could have put 10 past them.
@Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.
Salah in great form. But how long canhe hold that form? He has 20-25 goals in him a season, but he’s up and down. If he held this form, he’d be close to 40 goals?
Bigger tests against Athletico and United on the way.
@Finn Faulkner: did you like your own comment…
@Finn Faulkner: how long can he do that. ? He has been doing it for the last 4 seasons. 104 goals in 166 games in the Premier league but you think he should score more. Okay so
@Finn Faulkner: you’re gonna need bigger bait on that hook ….
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: But by that metric 4 seasons at 40 goals would be 160 goals. He hasn t done that. But my point is that if he can keep that killer hat on his head for a prolonged period, and with our squad almost injury free, he could break records for us. I’m HOPING he keeps this lethal form indefinitely. He still can’t be put in the Messi/Ronaldo category until he starts being seriously clinical. I’d love to see him win the Balloon d’Or this year (or the next)
@len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, it’s 102 in 153 for Liverpool
@Shane Roche: It’s still an amazing number of goals per season, but I think he can go even further, he needs to keep this current form. Biggest tests are against Athletico and then United.
That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..
As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.