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Irish Times
9 hours ago
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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.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
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McCartney wins gold at Euro Under-23 championship
Ellie McCartney took control of the race during the breaststroke leg [Getty Images] Ellie McCartney won gold in the 200m individual medley at the European Under-23 Championships in Slovakia. The 20-year-old from Enniskillen was third at the halfway stage of the race but surged into the lead during the breaststroke leg and ultimately finished in two minutes 12.5 seconds, 1.22 secs ahead of France's Bertille Cousson with Slovakia's Tamara Potocka in third. Advertisement "I wasn't expecting it. Coming in I knew I was fastest seed but I knew the other girls had faster times in them, their PBs were quite a bit faster than mine," she said. "You just get in, race who's there on the day and get your hand to the wall first and to get my hand on the wall first is really exciting." The European Under-23 Championships were first held two years ago when Irish swimmers Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe all won gold. McCartney will return to the pool on Friday morning in the heats of the 100m breaststroke.
BBC News
10 hours ago
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- BBC News
McCartney wins gold at Euro Under-23 championship
Ellie McCartney won gold in the 200m individual medley at the European Under-23 Championships in Slovakia. The 20-year-old from Enniskillen was third at the halfway stage of the race but surged into the lead during the breaststroke leg and ultimately finished in two minutes 12.5 seconds, 1.22 secs ahead of France's Bertille Cousson with Slovakia's Tamara Potocka in third. "I wasn't expecting it. Coming in I knew I was fastest seed but I knew the other girls had faster times in them, their PBs were quite a bit faster than mine," she said."You just get in, race who's there on the day and get your hand to the wall first and to get my hand on the wall first is really exciting."The European Under-23 Championships were first held two years ago when Irish swimmers Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe all won will return to the pool on Friday morning in the heats of the 100m breaststroke.
RTÉ News
11 hours ago
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- RTÉ News
Gold for Ellie McCartney at European U23 Championship
Irish swimmer Ellie McCartney claimed the gold medal in the women's 200m individual medley event at the European Under-23 Championships in Slovakia. McCartney took gold in a time of 2:12.50 and was 1.22 seconds ahead of second-placed Bertille Cousan of France with Slovakia's Tamara Potocka claiming bronze. Sitting in third place after the the butterfly and backstroke legs of the race, McCartney powered to the front during her favoured breaststroke leg and was able to hold that lead in the final freestyle leg. The 20-year-old ensures that the title stays in Ireland after Ellen Walshe claimed victory in the inaugural edition of the race at these championships, winning in Dublin in 2023. "I'm definitely excited, I wasn't expecting it," McCartney said. "Coming in (to the final) I knew I was fastest seed but I knew the other girls had faster times in them, their PBs were quite a bit faster than mine, so you just get in, race who's there on the day and get your hand to the wall first and to get my hand on the wall first is really exciting. "Not only that, but for Irish swimming, every time this has been raced at U23s it's been Irish girls who won it, so exciting for the future ahead to see who we can pass the baton on to win the 200m IM next."
Irish Independent
18 hours ago
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- Irish Independent
New Ross swimmer Evan Bailey qualifies for European Aquatics Under-23 Championship final
Wexford People Today at 08:30 Evan Bailey had a strong showing on the opening morning of competition at the European Aquatics Under-23 Championships in Slovakia on Thursday, advancing to a final along with Ireland team-mates Ellie McCartney, Mona McSharry and Tom Fannon. The New Ross swimmer impressed in the 200m freestyle as he touched second in his heat in 1:47.48, just behind Paris Olympic champion in the event David Popovici of Romania (1:46.84). The Wexford man, who trains at National Centre Limerick, progresses fourth overall to the final at 5.24 p.m. (Irish time) Thursday.
