Michaela’s qualification, through a late quota re-allocation, means Paris will be particularly special for the Corcoran twins who follow their dad Mike’s Olympic legacy.

Michaela is older by one minute and prefers the single-paddle canoeing discipline. She debuted for Ireland at the 2021 Europeans and has been a regular semi-finalist at age-group Europeans and World Championships. She came particularly close to making the final of the World U23 Slalom Championships in Liptovsky, Slovakia earlier this month, where she finished 14th overall. With no other siblings, the twins are particularly close, even though their academic studies keep them far apart during term-time. Michaela is studying biochemistry at the University of Miami.