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Mark Rohan secures yet another gold medal for Ireland

The 31-year-old won the Men’s Individual H1 Time Trial at Brands Hatch on Wednesday afternoon.

MARK ROHAN HAS secured another gold medal for Ireland in the Men’s Individual H1 Time Trial at the Paralympic Games in London.

The 31-year-old finished ahead of Israel’s Koby Lion and Wolfgang Schattauer of Austria to win Ireland sixth gold of the Games in a phenomenal performance at Brands Hatch.

Rohan clocked a time of 35:41.54 to take the gold by a clear 11 second margin.

“I am delighted with my result, there was a lot of pressure on me to perform today,” Rohan said after his victory.

The Westmeath man is one of Ireland’s best known Paralympic athletes.

He became the first cyclist to win six World Cup events in a row when he finished first in 2011′s UCI Paracycling World Cup Series.

Rohan went on to claim two golds (Time Trial and Road Race) at September’s UCI World Paracycling Road Championships in Denmark, and was named the International Paralympic Committee’s Athlete of the Month in September 2011.

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    Mute Andrew Thompson
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:18 PM

    Brilliant ! ! Congrats to all of Team Ireland, doing the country proud and the medals are piling up :)

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    Mute Michael Duffy
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:30 PM

    No talk of a PROPER WELCOME HOME PARTY yet??
    These Athletes have been EXCEPTIONAL – a CREDIT to their Families, Coaches & IRELAND!
    HEROES ALL!!

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    Mute Mags Cunney
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    Sep 5th 2012, 11:10 PM

    Athlone Council removed signs by local businesses wishing Mark well as they contravened planning laws. They were erected as a show of local support because the Council refused to do it. Shame on them. Bet they’ll want to have a civic reception for Mark…. Well done Mark, all of Athlone are proud of your achievement.

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    Mute Alan Dempsey
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:15 PM

    Well Done Mark .

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    Mute Steve Wright
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:43 PM

    ‘. . . . . Collects yet another Gold medal for Ireland’. Not a headline you read every day! Personally as a Jock and a blow in I’m still extremely proud & pleased for the team. They have all done fantastically well! Congratulations.

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    Mute John ryan
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:49 PM

    Congrats Mark, You’ve done Ballinahowen proud yet again, youre a true inspiration to all! Best of luck on Friday.

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    Mute Phylly Lane
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:36 PM

    Brilliant well done Mark. Team Ireland doing us so proud

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    Mute Barbara Dowling
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    Sep 5th 2012, 5:36 PM

    Massive congrats Mark! So well deserved

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    Mute Brian Hogan
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    Sep 5th 2012, 6:24 PM

    well done Mark. Whole country is proud of you.

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    Mute Alan Brogan
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    Sep 5th 2012, 7:10 PM

    15th place in the medal table is some achievement. take a bow team Ireland and keep em coming .

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    Mute Tracy Carolan
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    Sep 5th 2012, 7:04 PM

    Amazing, fantastic.

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    Mute David Murphy
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    Sep 5th 2012, 7:27 PM

    This must be Irelands best ever result from an international games/tournament. It really is incredible. Best thing to happen to Ireland in the last five years.

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    Mute Deirdre Mac Mahon
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    Sep 5th 2012, 7:49 PM

    Totally agree. Great result Mark and so pleased for the Irish competitors and their trainers. Inspirational!!

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    Mute Conan Power
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    Sep 5th 2012, 7:23 PM

    good man mark – well done from eveyone here !

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    Mute Apple Core
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    Sep 5th 2012, 7:44 PM

    Fair play to the man.
    On a side note, why does everyone bite their medals? It looks absolutely ridiculous.

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    Sep 5th 2012, 8:08 PM

    I think it’s because gold is a soft metal and you should be able to leave teeth marks if it was pure gold. This was done with gold in the past to check to see if it was the real deal or some other metal just covered with gold. gold medals are just gold plated though – I think, never won one to check for myself…. Yet

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    Mute John O'Neill
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    Sep 5th 2012, 11:52 PM

    Because they don’t have a nice green apple like you have…

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    Sep 5th 2012, 8:29 PM

    what an inspiration to everyone, a true sporting hero,

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    Mute Chris Rea
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    Sep 5th 2012, 8:56 PM

    Class act! The irish team in general have been immense ;) gotta b proud!!

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    Mute Damien Heavin
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    Sep 5th 2012, 9:04 PM

    Well done Mark alot of people around Ballinahown and Ireland proud of u.

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    Mute Susan Corscadden
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    Sep 5th 2012, 9:15 PM

    Congrats! Better be some homecoming for these heroes!!

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    Mute Lynsey Gavin
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    Sep 5th 2012, 9:07 PM

    well done Mark you have done everyone proud :) gold medal for westmeath, is that a first ?

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    Mute Wayne Kerr
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    Sep 5th 2012, 8:47 PM

    Well done Mark. He looks a bit like the Pocster!

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    Mute Simon Kelly
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    Sep 5th 2012, 10:39 PM

    Congrats Mark, massive achievement. C’mon Team Ireland!

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    Sep 5th 2012, 10:09 PM

    Excellent stuff – great team! Congrats to all of them

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    Mute Gerard Tiernan
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    Sep 6th 2012, 12:47 AM

    I got some signs back from the council and went up again !!!

    Only reception for Mark will be in Ballinahown village as it should

    What a day for Mark and his family

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    Sep 6th 2012, 4:01 AM

    What a legend, well done.

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