Gold for Katie George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly at the World Para-Cycling Championships

Katie George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly took home gold in the Women's B Time Trial at the Para-Cycling World Championships in Dumfries.

For Dunlevy and Kelly it was their first rainbow jersey as a pairing, with the win a fourth world title for Dunlevy in the time trial and a first for her Kelly.

The duo finished over one minute ahead of their nearest competitors and led at the first intermediate time check by 20 seconds; they further extended their lead throughout to take a comfortable win.

Their time of 37:18.22 saw them finish with +1:01.51 to spare over Great Britain.

In the Para-Cycling Road World Championships, William Clifford was the first rider down the ramp for Ireland competing in the MC3 individual time trial.

Clifford completed the 16.9km course in a time of 24:23.09, just a minute and a half down on gold medal winner Matthias Schindler of Germany, placing 14th overall, a positive result for his time competing at the World Championships. Chris Burns also finished in 14th place in the individual time trial competing in the MC2 category.

Fresh from winning two bronze medals on the track, Richael Timothy placed seventh in the WC3 individual time trial.

Unfortunately, Cormac O’Callaghan crashed during the MC1 Individual Time Trial and as a result has withdrawn from the road race on Saturday.