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.
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