Diving: McGing 26th in Platform Preliminaries as Doha World Championships Get Underway
Ireland’s Ciara McGing has placed 26th overall in the preliminaries of the Platform (10M) at the World Aquatics Championships, missing out on a semi-final spot and opportunity of assuring a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. An error in the 22-year-old’s third dive saw her score just 28 points for a reverse 2 ½ somersaults, and ultimately cost her …
Continue Reading
Celebrating Irish Aquatics Athletes Achievements At 2023 Swim Ireland Awards
Swim Ireland athletes Clare Cryan (diving) and Róisín NíRiain (para swimming) have been named as Athletes of the Year at the 2023 Swim Ireland Awards which took place on Saturday at the Carlton Hotel, Blanchardstown. World Para Swimming Champion Róisín NíRiain won the Para Swimmer of the Year Award for her medal-winning performances at the World Championships, where she won …
Continue Reading
Leana Liddane: Ireland’s Rising Star In Swimming And Surf Lifesaving
County Clare’s Leana Liddane has been creating ripples of success in swimming and surf lifesaving, having recently become a double European champion at the 2023 European Youth Surf Lifesaving Championships. The 17-year-old represented Team Ireland at the European Youth Surf Lifesaving Championships, which took place from 20-17 August in Poland. She consistently reached the A finals in multiple pool events, …
Continue Reading
Team Ireland Top The Medal Table At The Inaugural LEN Under 23 European Swimming Championships
Photo credit: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile Mona McSharry in her final year competing as an Under 23, walks away with a hat-trick of gold medals at the LEN Under 23 European Swimming Championships after winning the 200m Breaststroke yesterday, August 13th. To close the weekend, in a stunning display across three day from the whole team and never been done before, Ireland …
Continue Reading
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, …
Continue Reading
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 …
Continue Reading
‘Mami Wata: Mmiri niile’: New Swimming Exhibition Opens At Sean McDermott Street Swimming Pool
Mami Wata: Mmiri niile is an exhibition about racial and other barriers to swimming, made with African women from across Dublin, by artist Chinedum Muotto. This free exhibition runs from Saturday, 24 June to Wednesday, 28 June 2023 in Sean McDermott Street Swimming Pool, Dublin. In 2021, as part of a Creative Residency in Art & Sport, Chinedum Muotto issued …
Continue Reading
Grace Davison Sets New Irish Junior Swimming Record
Grace Davison set a new Irish record at the Ards Swimming Club Open Club Meet this past Saturday (13 May 2023) at Blair Mayne Leisure Centre, Newtownards. Davison achieved 1:58.75 in the 200m Freestyle, breaking Sycerika McMahon’s 2011 record of 1:59.46. Davison is now a record holder for the 50m, 100m and 200m Irish Junior SC. Davison is an upcoming …
Continue Reading
McSharry and Davison shine at Irish Open Swimming Championships
The Irish Open Swimming Championships continued to produce thrilling performances at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin on Monday, as Mona McSharry and Grace Davison broke their second Irish records of the meet.
Continue Reading
Breastfeeding mother says she was asked to leave pool
Marguerite Sinnott is a member of UCD’s leisure club and was in the baby pool with her three children on Wednesday afternoon when her youngest son became agitated. “They told me I wasn’t allowed to breastfeed my child here, and I needed to leave the pool area and go into a cubicle in the changing room to feed him. This …
Continue Reading
