Ryan delivers a first for Ireland
CAROLINE Ryan, a policewoman from County Kildare, won the first Track Cycling World Championship medal in Ireland’s history yesterday.
The 32-year-old former rower claimed bronze in the women’s points race behind gold medal winner Anastasia Chulkova of Russia. “It’s amazing,” said Ryan, who took part in a talent transfer programme at the end of the rowing season in 2008.