Dunlevy and McCrystal team up for silver at UCI Para World Cup

Katie George Dunlevy and tandem pilot Eve McCrystal have taken a silver medal for Ireland in the women's B TT at the UCI Paracycling World Cup in Italy

Ireland's multiple word champions and Paralympic champions, Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal, have team up today in Italy to take silver in the woman's B TT at the UCI Paracycling World Cup in Italy.

The prolific duo, who are part of an Irish paracycling team on the final approach to the Paralympics in Paris this summer, were in action today over 18.8km in Maniago, competing in a 21-bike field.

They recorded a time of 23:58, finishing just 13 seconds behind winners Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall of Great Britain. A second British pairing - Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl - rounded out the podium, finishing 24 seconds down on the winners.