Seven cyclists named on Irish team for Paralympic Games in Tokyo

*Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal go back to the Paralympics in search of more gold and spearheading a very strong Irish team*

The Irish cycling team at the Paralympic Games has been named, with seven riders going to Tokyo to fly the Irish flag and bid for medals.

Included in the team are the highly decorated tandem duo
of Katie George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal.

They are the reigning Paralympic TT champions, having won
their gold medals in Rio five years ago, when they also took silver in the road
race. Aside from those results, they have been world champions five times

*Eamon Byrne and Martin Gordon are bound for Tokyo to make their Paralympic debut*

While Dunlevy and McCrystal will lead the charge, hopefully to the top step on the podium, they are joined by five other very strong riders whose Paralympic dream is about to be realised.

Those five are Ronan Grimes, Richael Timothy, Gary
O’Reilly and the tandem pair of Martin Gordon and Eamon Byrne; all of whom are
making their debut at the Paralympics.

The team has been unveiled today by Paralympics Ireland and
some of our riders are among Ireland’s best hopes of medals across all sports.

*Richael Timothy has made the cut - the Irish road off to the Paralympics for both road and track*

Ireland’s Paralympic Games chef de mission, Neasa Russell, said the cycling team was a very strong one and she looked forward to seeing them in action.

“We are delighted to announce such a strong para cycling
squad for the Paralympic Games,” Russell said on behalf of Paralympics Ireland.

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“Our seven athletes will all have a very strong chance of
recording some memorable performances at the Games both on the track and road
competitions.

“The team will depart tomorrow for their training camp and I just want to wish them the very best when we next see them in Tokyo.”

*Out of Laois: Gary O’Reilly is on the Irish team and will be headed for Tokyo soon*

The Irish riders have a very busy schedule ahead as they
tackle multiple events on road and track in Tokyo.

Dunlevy and McCrystal will ride the 1km TT and 3km individual
pursuit on the track while also riding the road TT and road race, where they
were so successful five years ago.

Grimes, who won bronze at the Worlds last year, will compete in the 1km TT and 4km individual pursuit on the track as well as the road TT and road race.

*Ronan Grimes is part of an Irish team that carries strong hopes for medals on the biggest stage*

O’Reilly, Ireland’s only hand cyclist at the Tokyo Games,
will ride the TT and road race; two events won at Paralympic level by the man
who blazed a trail in those events for Ireland, Mark Rohan.

Timothy will ride the 3km individual pursuit and 500m TT
as well as the road TT and road race and goes into her first Games with a
scratch race bronze medal in her palmares from the Worlds last year.

Gordon and Byrne will also be in action on both the road
and in the velodrome, with the 4km individual pursuit, 1km TT and the road TT.