Taggart beaten in boccia semi-final at Paralympics

Claire Taggart was defeated 3-2 by South Korea's Soyeong Jeong successful her BC2 women's individual boccia semi-final astatine nan Paralympics connected Sunday morning.

The Great Britain competitor from Larne now goes done to nan bronze badge lucifer against Gischa Zayana of Indonesia later connected Sunday.

The 29-year-old, who first competed astatine Rio successful 2016 and is now a three-time Paralympian, progressed to nan semi-finals aft beating Hiu Lam Yeung of Hong Kong 3-2 successful her quarter-final connected Saturday.

Taggart won 2 golden medals astatine nan 2022 Boccia World Cup successful Portugal and later nan aforesaid twelvemonth clinched golden astatine nan Boccia World Championships successful Rio.

Meanwhile, Team Ireland are guaranteed different badge connected Sunday pinch Katie-George Dunlevy going successful cycling's B 3000m individual pursuit last against Britain's Sophie Unwin.