{"id":1879,"date":"2017-07-17T20:11:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2017-07-17T20:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:25:16","slug":"comerford-sixth-in-world-para-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1879","title":{"rendered":"Comerford Sixth in World-Para Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Orla Comerford produced a very successful sixth place in the T13 100 metre final at the World-Para Athletics Championships in London.<\/span><\/p>\n

Comerford making her World Para-Athletics debut got off to a powerful start eventually finishing sixth in 12.58 second just outside her personal best.<\/span><\/p>\n

The race was won by\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s Leilia Adzhametova in 12.00 seconds with South African Ilse Hayes taking silver in 12.17 seconds and American Kym Crosby taking bronze in 12.18 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was really delighted with my start,\u201d Explained the 19-year-old, \u201cMy plan is to continue to knock off fractions of a second yearly towards Tokyo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt age nineteen I have years to hunt down these girls\u201d smiled Comerford having now competed in her second major championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

“12.55 seconds in her first ever World Championship final represents excellent progress since Rio by Orla\u201d added Irish team manager James Nolan. \u201cA full three tenths of a second faster and two positions higher.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The full video of the race is available here \u2013 per the Paralympic Games World Feed.<\/span><\/p>\n