Irish Paracyclist Colin Lynch claimed the silver medal in the Men’s Individual Time Trial 2 in Rio yesterday. Lynch rode an absolute cracker of a race to clock a time of 28.02.25 and secure his place on the podium. The Canadian rider, Tristen Chernove took gold in a time of 27.43.16, just over 19 seconds ahead …
Double world champion Colin Lynch is set to take to the track in the Men’s Time Trial C2 for team Ireland later tis-morning at the #Paralympic games in Rio. This adrenaline-fuelled sport which combines speed and tactics has been in the Paralympic programme since Atlanta 1996. In Rio, there are 17 medal events, with men …
How It All Started It came from an incident in 1995 and a £50 donation. A group of bored teenagers sitting on the wall at the Shell garage just next to St James Park in Newcastle started shouting racist abuse at a tall black man who was filling up his car. They carried on …