Jason Smyth has in succeeded in his bid to win a third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the 100m T13 final, winning the race in a time of 10.64s.
GOLD! Congratulations to @smyth_jason on his third 100m #gold! What a performance! #TeamIreland #Rio2016 https://t.co/LMAtdNOVTA
— eir Sport (@eirSport) September 9, 2016
The gold never looked in doubt as the fastest Paralympian in the world led from the early moments of the race.
He’s done it! Ireland’s Jason Smyth wins a third Paralympic gold medal in the 100m T13 final #Rio2016Paralympics pic.twitter.com/stPuX1upWo
— BreakingNews.ie (@breakingnewsie) September 9, 2016
Jason Smyth makes it Paralympic Gold number 5, winning his third T13 100m title in a row. He makes it look so easy pic.twitter.com/v03uuZG6ne
— Barry Whyte (@BarryWhyte85) September 9, 2016
Smyth had won last night’s heat in a time of in a time of 10.76 seconds.
It is a fifth Paralympic gold medal for Smyth and Ireland’s first medal of the Games.
MEDAL ALERT! @smyth_jason has won #TeamIreland‘s first medal winning gold in the T13 100m in 10.64 #MoreThanSport pic.twitter.com/W62M7pdUTz
— Paralympics Ireland (@ParalympicsIRE) September 9, 2016
Earlier today in the pool, Nicole Turner qualified for the S6 50 metres butterfly final after swimming her heat this afternoon in a time of 38.44s.
Elsewhere in track cycling, Colin Lynch competes in the qualifiers of the C2 Individual Pursuit and Eoghan Clifford goes in the C3 qualifiers.
Tags: Paralympics, Rio, Smyth
