Katie-George Dunlevy keeps believing to seal three-in-a-row Paralympic triumph

It was a seventh Paralympic medal for Katie-George Dunlevy today and a fourth gold for the force of nature as she made it three in a row in the B time trial in Paris.

"I can't believe I've retained my title from Tokyo and Rio," Ireland's most successful female Paralympian told RTÉ Sport.

"And with the medals from Orla (Comerford) and Róisín (Ní Riain) last night, it's medals for Ireland from vision-impaired women.

"If there's any child at home with vision impairment, hopefully they can have inspiration from us, that they can believe in anything and achieve."

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Could the 42-year-old put the 28.3km race, in which she and debutant Paralympic pilot Linda Kelly finished almost a minute and a half clear of Great Britain's Sophie Unwin, into words?

"Pain is the word! It was a really, really challenging course. Really technical. I thought we were going to come off a few times but that's racing for you. You’re on the limit.

"We knew the course suited us, the uphill sections suited us so we had to really go over on our power on those uphill parts because that was where we’d get time on the other bikes, and I think we delivered a really good ride.

"Even on the second lap, we were still able to push out big power on those hills. When we heard we were down on the first lap I just thought 'keep going, just keep going’.

"I’ve been in many races where it’s not over till you cross that line so you’ve just got to keep going and just hope the other bikes maybe fade. You’ve just got to keep