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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.
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Mona McSharry will be looking to add to her already impressive medal collection
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Ellen Walshe will be hoping to carry on her impressive form in Rome
Both competitions will run from June 26-28.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
