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Irish Times
a day ago
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- Irish Times
Ellen Walshe eighth in 200m IM final at World Championships, Mona McSharry misses out on 100m breaststroke final
Ireland's Ellen Walshe has finished eighth in the women's 200m individual medley final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The Templeogue swimmer touched the wall in 2:11.57, a second off her time from Sunday's semi-final when she set a new Irish record of 2:10.40. Racing in her first final at a long course (50m) World Championships, Walshe said: 'I think to be in my first world final tonight, it's a huge experience, out against some massive names in a 200 IM. 'A little bit disappointed, but sure roll on to the next one.' READ MORE Walshe will now switch her attention to the women's 200m butterfly, racing in the heats on Wednesday. 'I've never raced it internationally at this level, so I'm excited to kind of see where I can get, if it's a semi-final or I'm not even sure, but I'm looking forward to it,' the 23-year-old added. Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry was also in action on Monday. The Sligo swimmer was unable to progress to the women's 100m breaststroke final, clocking 1:06.33 to rank 11th overall, just outside the qualification. McSharry will return to the pool on Thursday for the women's 200m breaststroke. Evan Bailey, meanwhile, made his first appearance in a World Championships semi-final, finishing 16th in the men's 200m freestyle in 1:48.75. 'It was amazing to walk out there,' the 20-year-old said after the race. 'I mean, like the atmosphere and just everyone in the crowd, screaming – I walked out, it was surreal. It was a great to experience it and to get that experience on the world stage, and I'm really grateful to have been in that semi-final. 'My race plan didn't go to plan, I'm a bit disappointed with that. I'll have to go back and reassess with my coach on what went wrong there, but then there's always positives to come back on, to get an experience on that level. It'll just be good to build on in the future,' he added. In the 100m backstroke, two-time Olympian Danielle Hill clocked 1:00.79 in the women's event to finish 18th, while John Shortt touched the wall in 54.26 for 26th, both outside semi-final qualification. On Tuesday, Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen will look to retain his 800m freestyle World Championship title, which he claimed in Doha last year, five months before his triumph in the event at the Paris Olympics. Jack Cassin will also be in action for Ireland in the men's 200m butterfly.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
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- RTÉ News
Mona McSharry not feeling the same pressure ahead of World Aquatics Championships
Mona McSharry, Ireland's Olympic 100m breaststroke Olympic bronze medallist, says she isn't putting any pressure on herself as she returns to her first major competition, the World Aquatics Championships, the swimming phase of which gets underway on Sunday in Singapore. Following her Olympic exploits last year in Paris, the Sligo native had toyed with the idea of retirement. After her tearful success in Paris, McSharry said at the time that "knowing that this is most likely my last Olympics, I am really happy to come away with a medal". However, after her complete break from swimming over the winter, the 24-year-old returned to the pool to compete in the 2025 World Championship qualifiers at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, where she posted the required qualifying times. After a recent training camp in Malaysia, McSharry and the rest of the 12-strong Irish swimming squad, which include Paris gold medallist Daniel Wiffen and finalist Ellen Walsh, are now in the final stages of preparation for the Singapore event. It's almost exactly a year to the day since McSharry won that Olympic bronze medal in Paris. "It's kind of crazy that it's been a year, honestly. I feel like it's gone really fast and I'm excited to be back competing and just seeing where I can go from here," she said on the eve of the Worlds. Now back in the pool after her break earlier this year, McSharry is not putting any pressure on herself ahead the women's 100m breaststroke, the heats of which are off the blocks on Monday. "I'm leaving it (expectations) pretty open, honestly. "I want to try and be kind of relaxed coming into this just because there was so much pressure building up into last year and I don't feel the need to come in with that same amount of pressure this year. "But I am excited to see where I'm at, especially after having a shorter season and only kind of getting back into training in January, and just kind of seeing where my body is at after a shorter training period. "I just have it in my mind to enjoy the racing. "It's a good team and a good group of people and so it's always fun to kind of travel away and have a good time. "That's such a big part about traveling and going on these trips is like, you know, racing is fun, but it's also just about kind of getting to enjoy time with friends and people that do things that you do and kind of cheering them on as well." After Monday's 100m breaststroke heats, McSharry will also compete in the 200m equivalent, the heats of which are on Thursday, followed by the 50m version of the discipline next Saturday. The opening day of competition in the pool sees Jack Cassin take part in the men's 100m butterfly and Tom Fannon, the Paris Olympic semi-finalist, in the men's 50m freestyle
The 42
28-06-2025
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- The 42
McCartney into another final at Euro U23 Championships, Walshe and McSharry in the mix in Rome
ELLIE MCCARTNEY HAS reached another final at the European U23 swimming championships in Slovakia, while Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe are in the mix for medals at the Sette Colli International in Rome. McCartney, who has already won a gold and bronze medal in Slovakia, will have a chance at another medal as top seed in Saturday evening's 200m Breaststroke Final. After a strong showing in the heats with 2:28.07, McCartney will take the centre lane for the final at 5.03pm (Irish time) as the fastest of all competitors. Advertisement Meanwhile in Rome, Mona McSharry was also racing the 200m Breaststroke. The Olympic medallist also advanced as the top seed to the final in 2:25.93. Both McSharry and McCartney are preparing to race the event at the World Championships next month. Walshe competed in both the 200m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley this morning in Rome. The Templeogue swimmer advanced to finals in both events, clocking 2:12.16 for sixth overall in the 200m Butterfly and 2:14.46 in the 200m Individual Medley for third overall. Seven other Irish swimmers closed out their European U23 Championships in this morning's heats. Last night's silver medallist in the 200m Breaststroke, Eoin Corby, just missed out in the 100m Breaststroke as he placed ninth overall in 1:01.75, making him first reserve for this evening's final. Lottie Cullen and Maria Godden clocked 2:16.83 and 2:17.01 respectively in the 200m Backstroke. Ireland had three competitors in the 100m Freestyle, Evan Bailey the fastest of the trio in 49.75, ahead of Cormac Rynn (51.14) and Oisin Tebite (52.34), while Brandon Biss touched in 58 seconds in the 100m Backstroke. Bailey, Corby and Rynn, along with Jack Cassin, will now look ahead to the Singapore World Championships (27 July – 4 August) and Cullen to the World University Games (17-23 July), while Biss, Tebite and Godden will compete at the Irish Youth and Senior Championships (23– 27 July).
Irish Times
26-06-2025
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- Irish Times
Ireland's Ellie McCartney wins gold at European Under-23 Championships
Ireland's Ellie McCartney won gold in the women's 200m individual medley at the European Under-23 Championships in Slovakia on Thursday night The 20-year-old from Enniskillen made it back-to-back wins for Irish swimmers in the event after Ellen Walshe won the inaugural edition in Dublin in 2023. Third after the butterfly and backstroke legs, McCartney surged through her favoured breaststroke leg in 37.41 to hold an almost two-second lead going into the freestyle leg, a lead she never relinquished. She won by 1.22 seconds in 2:12.50 over France's Bertille Cousson, smashing her previous PB of 2:14.09. That will see her considered for the Ireland team for World Aquatics Championships in Singapore as she dipped under the qualification time of 2:12.83. READ MORE McCartney will be back in action on Friday morning in the heats of the 100m breaststroke. Meanwhile, Mona McSharry swam a season's best 1:06.86 in the 100m breaststroke final to claim a silver medal at the prestigious Sette Colli meet in Rome. Britain's Angharad Evans took gold in 1:06.33.
The Irish Sun
25-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Irish swimmers including Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe set to star in Slovakia and Italy this weekend
TEAM Ireland swimmers will be in action in Samorin, Slovakia and Rome, Italy this week. A summer packed with international meets continues with the European U23 Swimming Championships and the Sette Colli International. 2 Mona McSharry will be looking to add to her already impressive medal collection 2 Ellen Walshe will be hoping to carry on her impressive form in Rome Both competitions will run from June 26-28. 2025 will be just the second edition of the European U23 Swimming Championships. Swim Ireland hosted the inaugural championship at the Sport Ireland Campus in 2023. Ireland topped the medal table with six golds from Mona McSharry (3 golds), Ellen Walshe (2 golds, 1 silver) and Read more on Irish Sport Nine athletes will compete for Ireland European Aquatics Under 23 Championships. This will form a final World Championships preparation meet for five athletes who are Singapore-bound, Cormac Rynn, Ellie McCartney, Eoin Corby, Evan Bailey and Jack Cassin. The remainder of the team, Brandon Biss, Lottie Cullen, Maria Godden and Oisin Tebite will focus on this Championships as the pinnacle point for their summer racing. In Rome, Paris Olympians Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe and Tom Fannon will compete against some of the world's best Most read in Other Sports The Sette Colli International at the Foro Italico will be a final preparation meet for the trio ahead of Singapore. Eight of the nine swimmers in Samorin will be in action in heats on the opening day of competition. Inside Sarah Healy's life beyond athletics from impressive college degree to passion for travelling the globe Biss gets the team underway in the 200m Backstroke; Rynn and Bailey compete in the 200m Freestyle, while Cassin will swim the 100m Butterfly. Godden swims the 50m Backstroke, Corby the 50m Breaststroke and McCartney the 200m IM. Ireland will also enter the 4 x 100m Mixed Medley Relay. In Rome, Ellen Walshe will be confident heading into competition having The Dublin native finished top 10 in four races including a fifth place finish in both the 200m and 400m individual medley. Mona McSharry is also in flying form having qualified for the World Championships by winning the 100m breaststroke final at the Irish Championships in April. The Sligo native won Ireland's first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics with her bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke. Tom Fannon also secured World Championships qualification in April with an impressive Championship Record 50m Freestyle of 21.78, well inside the required World Aquatics A time of 22.05 and was just outside his Irish Record of 21.74 from Paris.
