Visually impaired Irish Paralympian selected for World Track Championships
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Visually impaired Irish Paralympian selected for World Track Championships

CRAWLEY’S Irish star of the London 2012 Paralympics has been selected to represent Ireland at the World Track Championships in Mexico.

For Katie-George Dunlevy selection represents the next step in her quest to win a medal for her country at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil.

The competition will be held in an indoor velodrome in Aguascalientes from April 10-13.

She will be competing in the individual tandem pursuit and time trial.

In 2012, the cyclist was heartbreakingly close to winning a medal, when she finished fourth in three different events in the London Paralympic Games.

Katie-George, 32, is visually impaired and must ride alongside a fully-sighted partner called a pilot.

She said: “It’s the first track competition I’ve run since London. I’ve got a new pilot (Eve McCrystal) who is new to track racing.

In 2004-5 Dunlevy won gold medals at World Championships in Spain and Japan.