Richael Timothy finished 10th in the qualifying round of the C1-3 500m Time Trial at the Paralympic games in Paris.
Timothy’s time of 41.937 seconds was a new national record. However, it wasn’t enough to qualify for this afternoon's final.
“I’m delighted” explained Timothy. “I couldn’t have done any more than that. 500 is obviously kind of a sprint specialist event; but I said I would do it anyway, get the experience, get the warmup, all that sort of stuff.”
“I went faster than I’ve ever gone and I kind of had a bit of a wobble at the start there as well but yeah it’s good to get that one done.”
Looking ahead to the remainder of the Games Timothy added: “I suppose the road is kind of take it as it comes, anything can happen, especially in the Road Race.
“So I’m just going to get as much rest, recovery, we’ll get out on the road on Tuesday then see what it’s like, then hopefully we’ll all do well next week.”
Elsewhere, Ronan Grimes smashed his second Irish record of these Games. Grimes setting a new men’s C4 4000m Individual Pursuit record with a time of 4:28.859.
In spite of a fantastic performance, his fifth-place finish was just short to secure qualification for the final.
