The Irish cycling team continued their successful start to the Paralympics in Laoshan, with Catherine Walsh and her sighted pilot rider Joanna Hickey setting a new Irish record in the women’s individual pursuit.
Walsh and Hickey claimed a time of 3.50.515, shaving over 2.5 seconds off their previous best.
Dubliner Enda Smyth also competed in the Men’s 1km Time Trial (CP4 Class).
Smyth finished in seventh position, marginally outside his personal best, with a time of 1.16.074.
