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Paris 2024: Irish in action on Day 6 of the Paralympics

Róisín Ní Riain swims in the final of the S13 100m IM this evening
Róisín Ní Riain swims in the final of the S13 100m IM this evening

After Deaton Registe finished in sixth in yesterday's 100m breaststroke final, it's another busy morning in the pool on Day 6.

Silver medallist Róisín Ní Riaín will hope to add to her medal haul in the S13 200m individual medley. Her heat is at 11.20am and she's expected to progress to this evening's final.

After finishing fourth in her first final in the butterfly, the two-time world champion bounced back to put Ireland on the medal table with her second placed finish in the 100m backstroke last Friday.

Tokyo gold medallist Ellen Keane enters her final event in her fifth and final Paralympics this morning, as she goes in heat 2 of the S9 100m backstroke. The Dubliner finished fourth in the S8 100m breaststroke last Friday, the event in which she claimed gold in Japan.

It promises to be an emotional day for Keane, who retires after this Paralympics, and will hope to go out on a high by making this afternoon's final.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Barry McClements gets underway in his second Paralympics, as he takes the to the pool in the S9 100m backstroke.

The 22-year old swimmer from Newtownards placed seventh in the event in Tokyo, two years later becoming the first swimmer from NI to medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

After the disappointment of her sixth place finish in the S6 50m freestyle, Tokyo silver medallist Nicole Turner is back in action in the 50m butterfly, where she is joined in the same heat by Limavady teenager Dearbhaile Brady.

Orla Comerford is in action in the S13 100m

On the track, medal hopeful Orla Comerford begins her tilt in the S13 100m in what is her third Paralympic Games. The Raheny Shamrocks sprinter was a whisker away from a medal at last year's Para Athletics World Championships, finishing fourth in a photo finish.

Comerford clocked a personal best of 11.90 at June's National Championships at Morton Stadium, which is faster than any other woman in the field in the S13 100m event.

In Versailles, there are three Irish riders in action in the equestrian on Day 6. In the Grade III category, Katie Kerr-Horan and Jessica McKenna will compete on Serafina and Davidoff respectively.

Later on, in Grade I, Michael Murphy and his horse Cleverboy will attempt to out-smart the track at the famous French venue.


TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

All Irish times

Swimming

8.37am: Men's S9 100m backstroke heat: Barry McClements (Heat 2, Lane 6). Fastest eight from heats qualify for final. (Final takes place at 4.37pm, Irish time).

8.45am: Women's S9 100m backstroke heat: Ellen Keane (Heat 2, Lane 1). Fastest eight from heats qualify for final. (Final takes place at 4.44pm, Irish time).

9.12am: Women's S6 50m fly heat butterfly: Nicole Turner (Heat 1, Lane 5) and Dearbhaile Brady (Heat 1, Lane 6). Fastest eight from heats qualify for final. (Final takes place at 5.05pm, Irish time).

11.20am: Women's SM13 200m individual medley heat: Róisín Ní Riaín (Final takes play at 7:04pm, Irish time)

Equestrian

8.36am: Individual Event - Grade III: Kate Kerr-Horan

9:31am: Individual Event - Grade III: Jessica McKenna

3.08pm: Individual Event - Grade I: Michael Murphy

Athletics

10.04am: T13 - 100m: Orla Comerford (Heat 2, Lane 8). First three qualify from each heat, with two next fastest advancing to final (which takes place between 7pm and 10pm Irish time on Tuesday).


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