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Paralympic Village: Day 1, wrap

There were mixed fortunes for Team Ireland today, with Ellen Keane among the athletes who impressed.

DAY ONE OF the Paralympics provided plenty of talking points.

There was disappointment for James Brown and David Shaw, who narrowly missed out on a bronze medal.

In addition, Enda Smyth also put in an excellent performance, coming seventh in in the Individual C1-2-3 1km time trial and setting a new Irish record in the process.

And there was excitement elsewhere too, with a number of athletes, including Brazil’s Daniel Dia and Zheng Tao of China, setting world records in their respective events.

Headline of the day:

Heartbreak for Brown and Shaw

The Irish cycling duo narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, as they finished just two seconds behind Spanish pair Miguel Angel Clemente Solano and Diego Javier Munoz, with a time of 4:26.075.

However, it was still a relatively impressive performance from the Irish team under the circumstances, given that they’ve only been riding together since January.

What we learned today?

The standard this year is as high as ever

There were a number of eye-catching displays today, with several records being broken. Zheng Tao was one of China’s three gold medallists in swimming – in the men’s S6 100m backstroke, he broke Russian Igor Plotnikov’s 2004 world record.

In addition, Brazil’s Daniel Dias also broke the world record in the S5 50m freestyle.

Storey remains the same

Cyclist Sarah Storey continued her remarkable record at the Paralympics, winning her eight gold medal today in the women’s C5 individual 3km pursuit.

Her time would even have been good enough to win her a non-disabled title. She thus secured a new world best of 3min 32.170sec.

Highlights from Team Ireland

(Ireland’s Ronan Rooney - INPHO/Jeff Crow)

  • As mentioned already, James Brown and David Shaw narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, finishing fourth in the cycling.
  • Enda Smyth set a new Irish record in the Individual C1-2-3 1km time trial, coming 16th overall and 7th of the C3 riders.
  • In table tennis, Rena McCarron Rooney, Eimear Breathnach and Philip Quinlan all lost their respective matches and now must win tomorrow to keep their Paralympic hopes alive. In addition, Ronan Rooney is out of the Men’s Singles M2 Table Tennis competition, after losing his second preliminary match 3-0 to Slovakia’s Martin Ludrovsky
  • Ellen Keane was seventh in 100m Butterfly S9 final at the Aquatics Centre. She finished with a time of 1:14.04 – a time that was 0.89 seconds off the PB she set in the morning’s heats. Meanwhile, James Scully failed to qualify for the men’s 50m Freestyle S5 final, after coming ninth in the morning’s heats.
  • And finally, Eilish Byrne is currently seventh in the Equestrian Team Test – Grade II.

Best thing we’ve read today:

There’s an interesting piece in The Guardian on Spanish swimmer Sebastián Rodríguez, who was once jailed for his association with leftwing terror attacks, before turning his life around.

Hero of the day:

South Africa’s Natalie du Toit, who won her 11th Paralympic gold today, and still expressed disappointment with her time. She also ruled out competing in Rio in four years time, thus ensuring her career ends on a high.

You said what?

Margaret Maughan, 84, recalled her starring role in the Opening ceremony, when she lit the Paralympic cauldron in London’s Olympic Stadium. She said:

“It was all timed so perfectly. I had an earpiece and it said ‘Light the flame, Margaret’. I had to listen and was a bit nervous about that. I thought I might get it wrong but it was marvellous when it actually lit.

“You could feel the heat coming off it but the torch was not hot.

“I breathed a sigh of relief.”

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:56 PM

    Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:56 PM

    Top player.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:42 PM

    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.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:49 PM

    Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch him…..Firmino not bad either : )

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:11 PM

    Time to sack Ranieri…….

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    Oct 16th 2021, 10:05 PM

    @John S: dilly ding dilly dong

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    Oct 16th 2021, 10:12 PM

    @Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:12 PM

    Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:01 PM

    Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:56 PM

    Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:31 PM

    Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:59 PM

    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…

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:12 PM

    @Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for you…. :)

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:27 PM

    @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.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:09 PM

    @Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:12 PM

    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.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:28 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: did you like your own comment…

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:28 PM

    @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

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:04 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: you’re gonna need bigger bait on that hook ….

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:55 PM

    @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)

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:56 PM

    @len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 6:10 PM

    @WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, it’s 102 in 153 for Liverpool

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    Oct 16th 2021, 7:38 PM

    @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.

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    Oct 17th 2021, 1:02 AM

    That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..

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    Oct 17th 2021, 2:02 AM

    As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.

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