Evan Bailey 16th in 200m freestyle semi-final in Singapore
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Evan Bailey of New Ross took to the blocks again for his second race at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Monday, namely the 200m freestyle semi-final.
And he was 16th overall in 1:48.75, outside of the 1:46.66 Irish record he had matched in the heats.
Bailey said: 'It was amazing to walk out there. 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. But yeah, 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.'
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