Scotland's Aileen McGlynn wins silver at Tokyo Paralympics

Scotland’s Aileen McGlynn has won silver in the Women’s B 1000m Time Trial at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Piloted by Helen Scott, McGlynn, 48, and from Glasgow, finished in a time of 1:06.743 despite only training together for 12 weeks in the lead up to the Games.

It is a second medal for the Scottish athletes on Paralympics GB after Aberdeen’s Toni Shaw won a medal in the S9 400m freestyle – the first British athlete to enjoy success in the pool in Tokyo.

Absolutely delighted to have set a lifetime PB time of 1:06.743 and win the Silver medal with @Scottie2507 in the 1km TT. We've only been back training together for the last 12 weeks and we have had a fantastic time training together along with the support from @BritishCycling # pic.twitter.com/C49D6necT5
— Aileen McGlynn OBE (@amcglynn1) August 26, 2021

Reacting to the result, director of high performance at Sportscotland, Mike Whittingham, said: “Once again Aileen has delivered on the global stage with a dominant performance to bring home the silver medal.

“It was a remarkable effort from Aileen and her pilot Helen Scott, who have made history with this result.

“Aileen has enjoyed a glittering career and the whole country is proud of her, her coaches and of course everyone at both British and Scottish Cycling.”

Super SILVER 🥈@amcglynn1 and @Scottie2507 in the B 1000m Time Trial!#ImpossibleToIgnore pic.twitter.com/AwNIcKz4EP
— ParalympicsGB (@ParalympicsGB) August 26, 2021