Walshe Stars at Irish Open with Freestyle Record
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April 15, 2025
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Double Olympian Ellen Walshe was the star of Tuesday morning of the Irish Open Championships as the Templeogue swimmer set a new Irish Record in the 200m Freestyle. Walshe now owns five Irish Senior long course records with the Freestyle, 100m and 200m Butterfly and 200m and 400m Individual Medley. Entering the heats with a best time of 2:00.39 from …
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Ireland’s Top Swimmers Target International Qualifications
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April 9, 2025
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Swim Ireland’s 2025 Irish Open Swimming Championships and World Championships Trials start on Saturday 12th April at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The 5-day event will see four hundred swimmers from over 50 clubs compete for National titles in thirty-four individual events and for places on senior National Teams, including the World Aquatics Championships (50m), World Para Swimming …
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Mona McSharry takes another fifth place at World Aquatics Championships
Mona McSharry admitted to being “gutted” after coming in fifth in the final of the 100m breaststroke, her preferred event, at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Tuesday, but she was much happier with an equal placing in the 200m breaststroke final Friday. “It’s gone really well, this is the first time it’s really starting to click. Not the …
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Fifth place for McSharry in World Breaststroke Final
Ireland’s Mona McSharry has finished in fifth place in the final of the 100m Breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The 23-year-old touched in 1:06.42, just half a second outside of the medals. China’s Qianting Tang won gold in 1:05.27.4 McSharry spoke after the race ‘I’m gutted, I just felt like I was there, within my reach, I …
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McSharry into the semi finals at the World Aquatics Championships
Irish swimmers impressed on the second day of competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, with Mona McSharry and Conor Ferguson comfortably progressing from their heats to this afternoon’s semi-finals. McSharry, already qualified for Paris, was second in her 100m Breaststroke heat in 1:06.49. The 23-year-old, who was fifth at the 2023 edition of the World Championships, cruised through …
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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 …
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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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