Paralympics 2012 Daily Diary

Kerrydude1981

Go on you good thing,I loved the salutes to the crowd at the end

Dan man

Michael McKillop....GOLD MEDAL #2!!

F.R.

Amazing run, there's just no stopping him.

Silvio.Dante

Well done Michael. You came, you saw, you conquered..:)

Dan man

Medal watch....

IRELAND 5 GOLD 2 SILVER 1 BRONZE 8 TOTAL

The_Kew_Tour

Different Gravy this chap.

5 Gold Medals now.:)

KevIRL

Never ever in doubt, outstanding stuff.

Maryanne40

He's so relaxed.....wonderful to watch

UKJon

Skid wrote: »

Setanta are showing full live coverage of the Athletics at the moment, Channel 4 are doing a lot of analysis and interviews.

Don't forget Channel 4 not only have the output on the main channels but 3 extra streams dedicated to certain events, if you've got Sky.

LEXI is a very important innovation, the fact is the vast majority of people don't understand Paralympic sport, which led to people saying Ellie Simmonds somehow has a an unfair advantage in the pool. I'd be interested to know how Setanta are explaining the classifications.

Silvio.Dante

OMFG!!! Did you see the high jump just there? The lad has one leg, ONE!!!

nordydan

Four gold medals for Northern Ireland now. Great stuff #owc

The_Kew_Tour

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

OMFG!!! Did you see the high jump just there? The lad has one leg, ONE!!!

Had to see it twice. Just unreal

KevinK

Watching Bosnia v Rwanda in Sitting Volleyball.
First time seeing the sport, very impressed.

Considering the two nations involved it really represents what is best and worst about our world.

fluffymuffy

That was a very emotional medal ceremony. Well done Michael!
Loving the paralympics.

Dan man

fluffymuffy wrote: »

That was a very emotional medal ceremony. Well done Michael!
Loving the paralympics.

Watching that medal ceremony on tv just makes you wish you could be there to congratulate him in person and be part of the success story. He's done so well for himself first and foremost and made us all proud of him! He's awesome.

Mental Mickey

Dan man wrote: »

fluffymuffy wrote: »

That was a very emotional medal ceremony. Well done Michael!
Loving the paralympics.

Watching that medal ceremony on tv just makes you wish you could be there to congratulate him in person and be part of the success story. He's done so well for himself first and foremost and made us all proud of him! He's awesome.

He's f©%¿ing unreal! I only noticed his CP when he was walking. Watching him run, you would think he was/is able-bodied......

Dan man

Medal Watch.... Another couple of decent medal chances tomorrow with Orla Barry in the women's F57/58 Discus one of our main medal hopefuls. She was 5th in Beijing and 4th at the 2011 World Championships and is always well in contention for picking up a medal. Hopefully she'll get in a couple of good throws tomorrow evening and bring home some silverware to her hometown of Ladysbridge in Cork.


Orla Barry in action:


Helen Kearney who already has a silver and bronze medal to take home from these Paralympic Games is bidding for a hat-trick of medals tomorrow afternoon in the women's Grade Ia Equestrian Individual Freestyle final. Her team mate Geraldine Savage was 7th in the Individual Championshp test at the weekend so she could get into another top position tomorrow too.
James Dwyer was 6th in the Category IV Individual Championship test on Sunday and should do well again tomorrow morning in the Freestyle event.
Best of luck to all the Irish competing tomorrow....hopefully we'll be celebrating our 9th medal tomorrow!!


Helen Kearney celebrating her Individual Dressage Silver Medal:

Pherekydes

Orla Barry is up against the 1996 Olympic Discus champion, Ilke Wyludda, who had a leg amputated in 2011 due to blood poisoning.

Maryanne40

Pherekydes...that will be some tough competition for Orla...wishing her all the best.

Silvio.Dante

Best of luck to everyone today...:)

The_Kew_Tour

For people who might not know:

Darragh McDonald has finished 8th in the 50m Freestyle Heats to make this evening's final in a PB of 33.15. the final will take place at 17:45!

On that alone it looks unlikely he will medal, but great achievement to get to final. You never know though.

Kerrydude1981

Poor French runner DQ there his guide false started and they got a red card

Pisco Sour

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Poor French runner DQ there his guide false started and they got a red card

Brazilian lad won his heat easily in the 400m and got DQ'ed because his guide couldn't keep up with him! FFS!

Truman Burbank

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Poor French runner DQ there his guide false started and they got a red card

Sometimes the 'level playing field' is a bit too level

The_Kew_Tour

Feel sorry for Guides. They dont do wrong things on purpose.

I think they are under more pressure then the runner at times.

Dan man

Things are going well so far for the Irish ladies competing in the Grade Ia Dressage Freestyle Final....Geraldine Savage is currently in gold medal position with just 7 riders to go and one of them is fellow Irish competitor Helen Kearney. Geraldine will find it tough to hang onto a medal position given that there are some good riders still to come, not least Helen, but the positive news is that she has put herself in a great position and also Helen will be one of the favourites for a medal placing.

Skid

Just in case anyone missed this epic Table Tennis shot a few days ago. Just Brilliant.

Dan man

Skid wrote: »

Just in case anyone missed this epic Table Tennis shot a few days ago. Just Brilliant.

That was incredible!! Thanks for posting it.

Silvio.Dante

Dan man wrote: »

Things are going well so far for the Irish ladies competing in the Grade Ia Dressage Freestyle Final....Geraldine Savage is currently in gold medal position with just 7 riders to go and one of them is fellow Irish competitor Helen Kearney. Geraldine will find it tough to hang onto a medal position given that there are some good riders still to come, not least Helen, but the positive news is that she has put herself in a great position and also Helen will be one of the favourites for a medal placing.

Still in gold with six to go now...:)

Silvio.Dante

Skid wrote: »

Just in case anyone missed this epic Table Tennis shot a few days ago. Just Brilliant.

Thats just ridiculously good...

noelfirl

WOO! Heading over to London tomorrow and just managed to get ticket for Friday night athletics session, hoping to see Jason make the double!!

Dan man

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Still in gold with six to go now...:)

She's down to 3rd with 4 riders to go...Helen still to come

Silvio.Dante

Snap ^^...

Brian017

Geraldine is in 3rd with 3 to go Heather up now

Dan man

Still 3rd with 3 to go...

Dan man

Helen Kearney into 2nd!! Just 2 to go!

Brian017

Heather is in 2nd with 2 to go. Pushes Geraldine out of the medals

Brian017

Tense stuff she's now down to 3rd with one left

Dan man

Helen in bronze, 1 to go!!

Brian017

Bronze!!!!!!! You go girl!!

Dan man

Helen Kearney....BRONZE MEDAL!!

Dan man

Medal watch....

IRELAND 5 GOLD 2 SILVER 2 BRONZE 9 TOTAL

KevinK

http://www.helenkearney.ie/Home.html

The_Kew_Tour

Its getting to stage where I have to think about who has won what medals:D.

Well done to Helen!!

The_Kew_Tour

Darragh finished 8th in his final, but said it was warm up to the 100m. Hopefully more to come.

Silvio.Dante

KevinK wrote: »

http://www.helenkearney.ie/Home.html

Just read some of this. What an athlete...:)

Silvio.Dante

Channel 4 now!!!

Silvio.Dante

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Channel 4 now!!!

They didn't show Heather...:(

Dan man

Hopefully Orla can bring up Paralympic medal number 10 for Ireland in the discus. That final will be starting shortly (7pm). She has a good chance if she throws to her best form.

The_Kew_Tour

For those watching Channel 4 coverage Daraine Mulivhill who is presenting the program at times is the daughter of Liam Mulivhill who was Director General of the GAA for years.