Paralympics underway in London

Day one of the Paralympics continues in London with several Irish athletes involved.

In Cycling

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After finishing third in the qualifiers James Brown will compete for a Bronze medal in the 5km pursuit this evening at around 5.

In Swimming

Ellen Keane has qualified for this evenings final of the S9 butterfly.

James Scully finished 4th in his heat of the 50m freestyle – S5 and misses out on the final by one place overall.

In Equestrian action

Eilish Byrne scored  67.714 percent in the Team Test at Greenwich Park .

In Table Tennis

At the ExCel Arena, Ronan Rooney is being beaten by his French opponent Men’s Singles M2 Preliminaries.

Rena McCarron Rooney and Eimear Breathnach will take part in the Women’s Singles F1-2 Preliminaries and Philip Quinlan competes in the Men’s Singles M1 Preliminaries at the ExCel Arena .