Meehan and Walsh are in record form and looking forward to Sunday
The reigning paracycling pursuit world champions, Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan have set a new Irish record at the Paralympic Games in London today in the Individual B 1km Time Trial.
The duo kept their heads after a starting hiccup to clock the record time of 1:12.864, which saw them finish 5th.
Meehan said afterwards they were delighted with the performance ahead of their specialist 3km pursuit speciality.
“This is just a dress rehearsal for the pursuit on Sunday and we broke the Irish record,” she said.
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Walsh said they simply kept focussed when Meehan’s shoe clipped out of the pedal metres from the start gate, with the pair then given a restart.
“We just stayed calm, it didn’t affect our performance as it was a mechanical, these things happen,” said the six-time Paralympian.
In the same event, the second Irish pairing of former world rowing champion Katie-George Dunlevy and her pilot Sandra Fitzgerald clocked a personal best of 1:14.315 which gave them a seventh place finish.
The Australian tandem took the title in a time of 1:08.919, just outside world record pace.
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