Irish para cyclist Richael Timothy failed to make the medal race in the C1-3 3000m women's individual pursuit but did post a personal-best time in qualifying at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome.
Competing in her second Paralympics, Timothy went in the second of five heats and racing alongside Wangwei Qian of China, her time of 4:05.247 saw her briefly top the standings from the ten riders competing.
However, world record times were subsequently set by Great Britain's Daphne Schrager (3:45.133) and Xiaomei Wang of China (3:44.660) and it is that pair who will contest the gold medal.
Germany's Maike Hausberger and Flurina Rigling from Switzerland will battle it out for the bronze.
Others also posted superior times than Timothy, with the 29-year-old eventually finishing seventh, an improvement on her ninth place from Tokyo.
Similarly, Damien Vereker failed to make it through to the medal race but posted a PB of 4:14.826.
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Competing in the B4 men's 4000m individual pursuit, the Kilkenny man and pilot Mitchell McLaughlin finished seventh overall.
Martin Gordon, with Eoin Mullen piloting, finished 12th with a time of 5:27.642, having led the standings early in the pursuit.
The world record - standing at 3:58.397 before the Games - fell twice during the heats, first through Great Britain's Stephen Bate in 3:56.435 before that was broken by Tristan Bangma, the Netherlands rider who had previously held the record, in a time of 3:55.396.
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