Katie Ledecky passes Michael Phelps’ record for most individual golds at World Championships

At just 26 Katie Ledecky has passed Michael Phelps’ all-time record for the most individual gold medals won at the World Championships. Ledecky’s July 29 800m freestyle win at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan is her 16th individual world title. She is also the first swimmer to win a single event six times at worlds. The 26-year-old American …

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Australian Teenager Mollie O’Callaghan Breaks 200m Freestyle Record

Mollie O’Callaghan, 19, broke the 200m freestyle record at the World Aquatics Championships, yesterday (26 July) – achieving a time of 1 minute and 52.85 seconds. This is 0.13 seconds faster than the previous record held by Italy’s Federica Pellegrini. O’Callaghan won gold, finishing 0.16 seconds ahead of Ariarne Titmus, who claimed silver. “If I’m being honest, I feel shaken, …

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McSharry Bows Out Of 200m Breastroke After Second Semi-Final

The Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final took place this afternoon at 1:19pm. Mona McSharry placed 15th in the world with a time of 2:26.27. She will not advance in the 200m Breaststroke, but will be back in the pool on Saturday, July 29, for the 50m Breaststroke. McSharry secured a place in the 200m Breaststroke in the morning of the fifth …

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Fifth Place For McSharry in World Final

Image Cred: Andrea Staccioli/Inpho Mona McSharry swam 1:06.07 in the Breaststroke final to finish fifth in the world yesterday, July 24. McSharry recently broke the Irish Record for the 100m Breaststroke heading into the semi-finals, clinching an olympic qualification, with a time of 1:05.55. Monday, July 23, she swam her second fastest time, 1:05.96, in the semi-final, to advance herself …

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Mona McSharry Through to World Final with Olympic Qualification Time and New Irish Record

Mona McSharry lit up the Fukuoka World Championships pool this morning securing an Olympic Qualification Time for Paris 2024 in the 100m Breaststroke Heats. The Tokyo Olympic Finalist showed her class with a win in the penultimate heat to progress to this evening’s semi-final as the second fastest qualifier in 1:05.55. The time is the Sligo native’s first venture inside …

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Ellen Walshe breaks own Irish 200 IM record to qualify for Olympics

Ellen Walshe took over a second off her own Irish record in the 200m IM semi-final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in the process qualifying for the Paris Olympics. Her time of 2:10.92 was well inside the Paris qualifying time of 2:11.47, but unfortunately just barely outside what was needed to progress to the final. She went …

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