Updated: Friday, 31 Aug 2012 21:35 Colin Lynch has finished fourth in the individual pursuit C2 Sen Baldwin has three more events

PARA-CYCLING

Colin Lynch has finished fourth in theindividual pursuit C2bronze medal ride off.

Catherine Walsh and Fran Meehan set a new Irish record of 1:12.864 to finish fifth in the individual 1km time trial B final in the Velodrome.

Katie-George Dunlevy and Sandra Fitzgerald, competing in the same event, also set a new PB and finished in seventh position in a time of 1:14.315.

Enda Smyth set his second PB of the games clocking 3:47.542 in the individual pursuit C3 qualifiers. Smyth knocked five seconds off his previous national record and finished seventh overall.

SWIMMING

Bethany Firth, swimming in the 100m backstroke S14 heats in the Aquatic Centre, finished second in her heat - .01 behind Great Britains Jessica-Jane Applegate. Firth was the fourth fastest in the heats this morning and advances as a serious medal contender in tonights final at 7.38pm.

Laurence McGivern posted a new PB time of 1:05.35 to finish fourth in the 100m backstroke S9 heats and qualify for tonights final at 6.32pm. The 19-year-old shaved two seconds off his previous best time and qualified just ahead of world and Paralympic champion Matthew Cowdry.

McGivern said: I came here and wanted to do a PB and Im delighted that it was enough to get me into the final, Im up against the worlds best here so thats what motivated me the most.

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Personal bests and qualification for finals were common after this morning's events in London