Drombanna’s Róisín Ní Riain set another personal best of 1.09.23 in yesterday’s heat, which will see her go into the 100m backstroke final of the 2021 Paralympic games in Tokyo.
A product of Limerick swimming club, Ní Riain is Ireland youngest athlete in the Tokyo Paralympics. In late 2020, Ní Riain began to turn heads when she strung together a series of impressive swims at the World Para Swimming Series in Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy.
Now a 5th year in Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh, Ní Riain made her championship debut at the European Championships in Madeira in May 2021, where she snatched a bronze medal in the S13 backstroke in 1:09:37.
Ní Riain also made five other European finals and was fourth in 100m freestyle (1:02.72) and 100m breaststroke PB 1:22.37 where she was just narrowly beaten for a medal. In other events, she was 6th in 50m free (28:93), 6th in 100m butterfly 1:11.25 and 400m freestyle final.
Ní Riain swims at 11:12 this morning in the finals of the S13 100m backstroke.
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