Two Team Ireland swimmers qualify for finals on day one of Paralympics

Ellen O'Donoghue

Two Irish swimmers swam in finals on the first day of the Paralympic games in Paris, one of which just narrowly missed out on a medal.

They both swam in finals after qualifying on Thursday morning.

Róisín Ní Riain finished in fourth place in the women's 100-metre butterfly S-13 final with a time of one minute, 6.04 seconds.

Three-time Paralympian Nicole Turner finished third in the Women's 50-metre freestyle S-6 heat.

In her final, the Laois woman finished in sixth place with a time of 35.65.

With a season’s best score of 653, archer Kerrie Leonard was 21st in the ranking round of the Women’s Individual Compound.

The Meath native will face Jiamin Zhou of China in tomorrow’s elimination round.

Damien Vereker and pilot Mitchell McLaughlin came seventh in the B-4 Men's 4000-metre Individual Pursuit at the velodrome.

Martin Gordon - alongside Eoin Mullen - finished in 12th position.

Richael Timothy also didn't make the medal race in the Women's 3000-metre Individual Pursuit.

The Roscommon rider finished seventh in a personal best time of four minutes 5.247 seconds.

All the riders have more events to compete in, in Paris.