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Irish sprinter Jason Smyth has won gold in a photo-finish at the Paralympics.
He finished first by one-hundredth of a second to retain his T13 100m title.
The 34-year-old from Eglinton remains unbeaten in a 16-year Paralympics career and now has six gold medals.
BREAKING
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) August 29, 2021
GOLD for @smyth_jason - AGAIN!
The sprint star from Eglinton has retained his T13 100m title in Tokyo - with a time of 10.53 secs
Sensational!@ParalympicsIRE #ParaAthletics#Paralympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/2SFhebfcSj
Sunday's success followed a gold medal for a Seaforde star on Saturday:
GOLD for County Down girl Bethany Firth at the Paralympics
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) August 28, 2021
She was a member of the GB & NI S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle team in a world record performance in Tokyo.
Gold number 5 for @BethanyFirth2
#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics
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A new women's world record has been set at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Larne.
Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw took 19 seconds off the previous best with a time of 63 minutes, 43 seconds.
WORLD RECORD - on the Antrim Coast!
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) August 29, 2021
Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw @YalemzerfY🇪🇹takes 19 seconds off the world half marathon record, with an incredible time of 63 minutes and 43 seconds at #AntrimCoastHalfMarathon @larneac
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