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Seventh place for Turner in second Paralympic final as preparations continue for her main event

Nicole Turner finished in seventh place in her second Paralympic final of the 2020 Tokyo games. The Portarlington swimmer’s time of 1.41.62 was slightly slower than what she had managed in the heats. But it was still almost ten seconds quicker than when she last competed in this event in Rio in 2016. Nicole qualified…

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Stradbally native Alan Hartnett is a graduate of Knockbeg College who has worked in the local and national media since 2008. Alan has a BA in Economics, Politics and Law and an MA in Journalism from DCU. His happiest moment was when Jody Dillon scored THAT goal in the Laois senior football final in 2016.