Paris 2024: Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal qualify for B 3000m gold medal race and guarantee at least silver medal

Para cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal secured at least a silver medal after qualifying for the gold medal race in the women's B 3000m individual pursuit.

With the top two times from Sunday morning's heats securing a place in this afternoon's gold medal race and the next two fastest going into the bronze medal ride-off, Dunlevy and McCrystal's time of 3:20.481 was enough to place them second overall behind Britain's Sophie Unwin who broke the world record in 3:17.643.

Dunlevy and McCrystal will return for the gold medal race at 1.41pm Irish time against Unwin.

It will mark Team Ireland's second medal of Paris 2024 after para swimmer Róisín Ní Ríain claimed silver in the women's S13 100m backstroke.

Josephine Healion narrowly missed out on the medal races as the Offaly native and pilot Linda Kelly set the fifth fastest time overall in 3:27.425, although they set a new PB in the process.

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Earlier, Martin Gordon booked his place in the medal finals of the men's B 1000m with pilot Eoin Mullen.

Needing to finish in the top six, their new Irish record time of 1:01.158 was enough for fifth fastest and will return to the velodrome for the finals at 12.51pm.

Damien Vereker and pilot Mitchell McLaughlin missed out on the medal race after finishing 10th overall.

In para rowing, Katie O' Brien and Tiarnán O'Donnell were second in the B final of the PR2 mixed double sculls at Vaires-sur-Marne to ensure an eighth place ranking overall.

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