Drumkeen cyclist Mitchell McLaughlin described his last race of the Paralympic games as ‘hell’, but he remains hungry for more.
McLaughlin was a pilot for Waterford para cyclist Damian Vereker throughout the Paris games, which featured a national record-setting performance in the Men’s B 4000m Individual Pursuit.
Today’s men’s B road race was a gruelling 127.8km for the tandem pair as they finished in eighth place at a 3:04:18 finish time.
Vereker and McLaughlin held out in sixth place for the majority of the action under the hot midday sun.
Speaking to RTE Sport, Vereker said it was a hard race from the start, but that he couldn’t help but enjoy the Paralympics and the crowds.
McLaughlin laughed: “It was a pretty hard race and I am cooked”, but admitted that he was ‘starving for more’ and will be back in 2028.
