The cyclist is a now six-time Paralympic medalist after she placed second in the Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit in a time of 3:21.315 on Sunday.
She is already one of Ireland's most successful para-cyclists with gold and silver Paralympic medals from Rio and a double gold and a silver from Tokyo.
Speaking to RTE afterward, Katie-George said: "We left it out there in those two rides. We did the race of our lives there to get that medal and we had to.
"We were up against it and we delivered under pressure. I'm so proud of us both for doing that together."
It is Ireland's second medal of the games, after swimmer Róisín Ní Riain also claimed a silver medal in the final of the Women’s S13 100m Backstroke on Friday.
Katie-George confirmed she would be retiring after the Paris games and it would be her final race with Eve as her sighted pilot, making it an extra special medal.
"That's our last ride together," she said. "To finish that off with a silver medal at the Paralympic Games backing up after Tokyo, I actually can’t believe it."
The 42-year-old had an unlucky start to her Paralympics preparation, after shattering her collarbone in a cycling crash in May but it doesn't appear to be holding her back!
Katie-George still has a few more races left in the Paralympics. She will take to the road with Linda Kelly as her pilot on Wednesday, September 4, in the Women's B individual time trial and on Friday, September 6, in the Women's B Road Race.
We'll be watching!
* This article was originally published on Evoke.ie.
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