Olympic Gold Medals for Kellie & Rhys
The Olympic and Paralympic Games have entertained and inspired the world this Summer. Team Ireland has had an impressively successful showing. Many our beloved Dare to Believe ambassadors were competing in full force and represented the country with such great pride and have brought home 2 Olympic Golds, 1 Olympic bronze and 1 Paralympic Bronze (so far).
The Olympics
In Ireland’s centenary year at the Olympics, it was our most successful Games ever winning seven medals; four gold across four different sports; swimmer Daniel Wiffen, gymnast & Dare to Believe ambassador Rhys McClenaghan, back-to-back Olympic champions boxer & Dare to Believe ambassador Kellie Harrington and rowers Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan, and three bronze medals from swimmers Mona McSharry and Daniel Wiffen, and rowers Daire Lynch and Dare to Believe ambassador Philip Doyle. That mad a total of 3 Olympic Medals for Dare to Believe ambassadors!!
Aside from the medals there were many performances of note, and ground-breaking firsts across the team including three fourth places, often considered the toughest place of all to finish; most recently in the women’s 4x400m relay (that includes Dare to. Believe Ambassador Phil Healy), for superstar Rhasidat Adeleke in the women’s 400m, and for sailors Rob Dickson and Seán Waddilove in the Men’s Skiff down in Marseilles.
The Paralympics
The Paralympics is currently underway in Paris and Ireland is having a tremendous showing. At the time of writing Ireland has won
Gold & Silver with Katie-George Dunlevy the Cycling , Silver & Bronze by Róisín Ní Ríain in Swimming and a fabulous Bronze by Orla Comerford in Athletes (Orla is Dare to Believe ambassador). We must also give a shout out to Dare to Believe ambassadors Greta Streimkyte for her 4th place finish in the 1500m, and other strong performances by Nicole Turner and Richael Timothy.
We are so proud of all of Team Ireland’s athletes and thank them for inspiring the nation to believe in their dreams!
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