Silver for Orla Barry from Ladysbridge at World Para Athletics Championships

At the Para Athletics World Championships in London, Orla Barry has managed to secure Silver in the F57 discus. Orla who is from Ladysbridge in East Cork won a Bronze medal at the 2015 Championships in Doha.

The results are shown below and as can be seen, Orla effectively secured the Silver with her first attempt.

16 year old Noelle Lenihan wins Bronze at Paralympic Games

At the Rio Paralympic Games on Friday, 16 year old Noelle Lenihan from North Cork won a Bronze medal in the F38 Discus.

The results of the top 4 are shown below...

Niamh McCarthy of Carrigaline & Eagle AC wins Silver in the F41 Discus at Paralympic Games in Rio

Niamh McCarthy from Cork won a Silver medal in the Women's F41 Discus at the Paralympic Games on Thursday evening. The Carrigaline native who is a member of Eagle AC left it until the 5th round of throws to secure the Silver medal.

The chart below shows the progress of the competition and it was really between the top 5...three Tunisians, one Moroccan and Niamh.

In the first round, Niamh's first throw put her in the Bronze medal position. Her second attempt kept in that position but the distance was short of what she was capable of. By the time of the 4th round, it looked pretty grim as Niamh had slipped to 5th and that special throw seemed to elude her.

In the 5th round however, she nailed it with a throw of 26.67metres. The leader had a huge lead of nearly 7 metres and was never going to be caught. Niamh final throw would have been good enough to secure Bronze but in the end, that 5th round throw secured the Silver.

A remarkable performance for someone competing in their first Paralympic Games and only took up the sport recently.

Orla Barry from Ladysbridge in East Cork wins Silver in the F57 discus at the Paralympic Games in Rio

Orla Barry from Ladysbridge in East Cork added to her medal collection when she won a Silver medal in the F57 discus at the Paralympic Games in Rio. This is a step up from the Games in London in 2012 where she won Silver.

Interview with Orla before the competition...

"My congratulations to Orla Barry on winning Silver in the F57 Discus at #Rio2016" MDH #MoreThanSport @ParalympicsIRE

— President of Ireland (@PresidentIRL) September 15, 2016

Niamh McCarthy from Carrigaline wins Bronze at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha

Niamh McCarthy from Carrigaline in Co.Cork has won a bronze medal in the discus at the Paralympic Athletics World Championships in Doha. Competing at her first major championships, Niamh finished third with a best effort of 23.66 metres in the F41 class.

Orla Barry from Ladysbridge wins silver at the Euro Paralympic Games

At the Paralympic European Championships in Swansea today, Orla Barry of Ireland won a silver medal in the discus.

Orla who is from Ladysbridge in East Cork and is a member of Leevale AC threw 28.13 metres in her second attempt to secure second place.

In 2012, Orla won a bronze at the Paralympic Games in London. In 2013, she set a new world record of 31.08m for her class at the World Championships in France and was later awarded the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month award for June 2013.

There is a short video about Orla in this earlier post.

This new Silver medal adds to the impressive haul for the East Cork athlete.

Bio on IPC website.

Orla Barry from Ladysbridge sets new world record in the F57 class at Paralympic World Championships

Orla Barry from Ladysbridge in East Cork won the silver medal in the F57/58 discus at the IPC World Athletics Championships at Lyon’s Rhone Stadium on Saturday, the 27th of July 2013. On her final throw, 22 year old Orla threw 31.08 metres which was a new world record in the F57 class.

In an interview after the event, Orla said.......“I did what I came to do. I broke the world record and I’m delighted to be going home with a silver medal.”

James Nolan, head of Irish Paralympic Athletics said...."Orla’s performances all year have been very consistent and regularly over 30m. She has now produced a 31m plus throw and the world record at the major championships, which is three metres further than her throw last year to win bronze at the Paralympic Games. The Algerian had to throw a world record to beat her. Silver is excellent and another step forward for Orla.”

In the World Championships in Christchurch in New Zealand in 2010, Olrla had finished 4th in the same event. Her new silver medal adds to her tally having won bronze at the bronze at the London Paralympics in 2012.