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The 42
03-08-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Walshe ninth in Individual Medley to conclude World Swimming Championships
ELLEN WALSHE WAS ninth and just outside the 400m Individual Medley Final, while Ireland's men competed in the 4x100m Medley Relay on the final day of racing at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The Ireland team closed out the Championships with ten semi-final or equivalent top sixteen places, four finals and three Irish Records. Walshe, already a two-time finalist in Singapore in the 200m Individual Medley and 200m Butterfly, was agonisingly close to a third Final, finishing fifth in her heat in her fastest ever morning swim in 4:38.72. Great Britain's Freya Colbert secured the final place in 4:38.31, just four tenths of a second ahead of Walshe. Advertisement The Templeogue swimmer spoke after the race, saying, 'I probably didn't expect it to be so fast. and I think even when I touched the wall, I was surprised at my time, never mind coming in fifth, but, I'll definitely take it on day eight. 'Like I've had many swims in my system, so I think I said to the team this morning if I could even be 4:41 I'd be delighted, so I think to see a 4:38 on the board, I was pretty surprised.' Reflecting on her Championships Walshe added, 'I'm delighted, I've had a quite successful worlds, I've made two finals, and I think to come ninth today, like, I'll take it.' A team of John Shortt, Eoin Corby, Jack Cassin and Evan Bailey represented Ireland on the senior international team for the first time. The quartet, who all train together at National Centre Limerick, combined for a time of 3:37.56. Shortt led the team with the Backstroke leg in 54.88 and said, 'The time wasn't like particularly brilliant, but you know, the end of a long week and end of a long, I suppose, like month and a bit it's just coming off the back European juniors as well, so, not the worst time I've ever had, but, just honestly so happy to be out there with the boys.' While most swimmers who competed in Singapore have now finished their season and will take a break ahead of the 2025/26 season, John Shortt, already a double European Junior Champion, still has one competition to go as he competes in the World Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania from August 19th – 24th. Next up, a team of over 40 Irish Masters swimmers will be in action at the World Masters Aquatics Championships in Singapore from August 7th – 14th, while Ireland's Para swimmers continue to train as they work towards the World Para Swimming Championships, also in Singapore from September 21st – 27th.
BBC News
31-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
McCartney through to World semi-final
Ellie McCartney qualified for Thursday's semi-finals of the women's 200m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in 20-year-old from Enniskillen came third in her heat in 2 minutes 25.22 seconds to secure a place in the semi-final at 12:45 BST, sealing eighth place the European under-23 champion, produced a personal best of 2:24.02 at the Irish trials in April and feels her best performances come in the evening, so was "over the moon" with her performance on Thursday morning."I dropped a lot of time in the 200 breast (stroke) this year and made it my main event," she said."Being able to come here, having had two A-standard times is something I take pride of. To progress to the semi-final is a happy ending after a long summer."There was a lot of success, but a lot of room to work on. I know heat swims aren't my strongest as all my PBs come from an evening swim."Also through to a semi-final is John Shortt as the 18-year-old from Galway produced his second-best time of 1:56.98 in the 200m backstroke to come in fourth in his heat and 14th overall. He will race at 13:31 BST on Walshe is the first of three Irish in action during the evening session as she swims in the 200m butterfly Danielle Hill posted a time of 56.59 seconds in the 100m freestyle to finish outside the semi-final places and will now set her sights on the 50m event on the men's 200m breaststroke, Limerick's Eoin Corby clocked 2:11.84, but was five spots outside the semi-final McSharry did not swim the 200m breaststroke but will compete in Saturday's 50m breaststroke.
Irish Examiner
31-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
'I'm over the moon' - McCartney and Shortt advance to semi-finals in Singapore
Ireland's Ellie McCartney and John Shortt have secured semi-final places in their main events, the 200m Breaststroke and 200m Backstroke respectively, as the World Aquatics Championships continued on Thursday morning. The duo will join Ellen Walshe, who swims the 200m Butterfly Final, in action during the Finals session on day five of racing in Singapore. In the 200m Breaststroke, a strong showing from McCartney saw her third in her heat in 2:25.22, her fifth fastest swim all time and second fastest morning swim. The result saw McCartney, who has a best time of 2:24.02 from the Irish Trials in April, progress to the semi-final in eighth overall. Speaking after the race, the National Centre Limerick swimmer said, "I'm over the moon. I think I take a lot of pride on the journey to get to the World Championships, I've dropped a lot of time in the 200m Breast(stroke) this year, made it my main event over the 200m IM. So being able to come here, having two A standard times, it's something I take a bit of pride in and now to progress further to the semi-final, it's just a happy ending to the long summer." Having had an extremely successful Irish Trials in April ahead of going on to win gold, silver and bronze medals at the European U23 Championships in June the Enniskillen woman reflected on her mindset ahead of the Championships. "Yeah, I think there was a lot of success, but there was a lot of room to work on. I know heat swims aren't my strongest, all my PBs come from an evening swim, so my main focus here was to be fast in the heat, so to be able to achieve that this morning and make it back tonight, it's exciting." McCartney's teammate in Limerick, John Shortt, was also in excellent form on Thursday, the 18-year -old swimming his second-best time ever in the 200m Backstroke clocking 1:56.98, just outside his Irish record 1:56.61. The time saw the Galway man fourth in his heat and fourteenth overall to secure his place in the semi-final at his second consecutive World Championships. A delighted Shortt spoke after the race. "It's such a such a long wait, during the week, you know, like I had the 100, which was really nice to get in and swim, but, you know, this is such a nerve wracking experience when you're just waiting around to go, and you're seeing everybody else race around you, and everybody going either a best time or not doing so well or whatever happens, but you know it's so good just to get in there and make it back, it's class. He added, "It felt really good, the first 100m I was smooth and controlled. I think getting in for the 100 (Backstroke) was a big thing because I was able to know exactly kind of what happens, when I don't kind of think in my head, you know, I kind of start racing the people beside me, but in that one, I just swam my own race. I was smooth, I was controlled, it was really good." In the Men's 200m Breaststroke, Eoin Corby had a top 20 finish clocking 2:11.84, the National Centre Limerick swimmer was just. 5 outside the semi-final places. The Limerick man said after the race: "I'm a bit disappointed. I don't know, I gave it my best shot. I was a small bit off my PB, it's a bit annoying that my PB would have made it back, but yeah, I just need to come back better next year." In the 100m Freestyle, Danielle Hill touched in 56.59 seconds. The Larne swimmer returns to the blocks on Friday for the 50m Freestyle, an event she holds the Irish record in, in 24.68. While Mona McSharry did not swim the 200m Breaststroke on Thursday morning, she is still entered to swim the 50m Breaststroke on Saturday. At the Diving, Jake Passmore was 27th overall from 66 divers in the 3M Springboard Preliminaries. The Paris Olympian was just 14 points outside the top 18 places required for the semi-final with 360.60 points. Passmore's best score came from his opening dive, a forward 3 ½ somersaults, for 68.20 points. Having been out of the pool for six months, and back training just two months post-surgery on his shoulder, Passmore was pleased with his first international competition since the Paris Games. "Overall, can't complain today. Not the best performance but I'm really pleased that despite the difficult year I've had I've managed to stay competitive and put myself in a position that I can be proud of. Getting the opportunity to compete again makes me really excited for what I can do in the next couple of years."
Belfast Telegraph
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Ards' Grace Davison ‘ecstatic' as she claims bronze at European Aquatics Championships
That, along with John Shortt's gold in the 100m Backstroke, helped Ireland to claim two medals as the final night of the Championships got underway, bringing their medal tally up to four, one gold and three bronze. Davison produced a personal best time of 2:14.05 to claim her second bronze in two days having won in the 100m Freestyle on Saturday night. The Paris Olympian had a fight on her hands and showed her steel throughout the race. As Davison and her competitors headed into the freestyle leg, the Ards swimmer showed the fight to get her hand on the wall first and light up the blocks, winning her third European Junior bronze by 0.14 of a second. After the race, Davison said: 'I'm ecstatic, I'm very glad it's all over, I've had a lot of racing this week. Going through the heats, Semis and Finals isn't something that I was really used to, but we've had to do a lot more of it with Olympic Trials last year, the Irish Open this year, I'm definitely getting used to it but it is hard work. "Last night took it out of me… third tonight, I'm over the moon.' On winning bronze in a tightly contested race, she added: 'It was pure grit and determination. I know how it feels from winning a medal last year, it feels so much better this year, especially to walk away with two individually. "For Ireland to come away with four is unbelievable, for people back home, even the younger ones will definitely look up to that. For Ireland to be consistently on the medal table, and high up at all levels is amazing. '(The support) is unreal, you probably don't see much of it on the livestream, the guys are all here for every Semi-Final, every Final, some even the heats. To walk out and hear all of them is unbelievable, we have been one of the loudest. "To have so many parents here is great, my parents and sister are here, they've never all watched me swim at something like this, I really feel the support from here and back home.' Davison will now set her sights on the World Junior Championships at the end of August in Otopeni, Romania. On the conclusion of the championships, interim Swim Ireland Performance Director Andrew Reid said: 'What a finish to an unforgettable European Aquatics Junior Championships. Grace dug deep in the 200m IM to add another win bronze to her medal collection. "Across the meet our team delivered four podium finishes, one top eight finish, four top-16 finishes, two new Irish records and 11 personal best swims. From our seasoned veterans to the rising stars making their national team debut, every athlete stepped up, representing Ireland with pride, passion, and determination. "Well done athletes, team staff and home programme coaches for all your hard work.'
RTÉ News
04-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ireland off the mark as John Shortt claims European junior bronze
Defending champion John Shortt secured bronze in the 200m backstroke final to claim Ireland's first medal at the 2025 European Junior Championships in Samorin, Slovakia. The Limerick teenager, competing in the middle lane, was involved in a thrilling race, going stroke for stroke throughout the four lengths of the pool with Zsombor Racz of Hungary and Italy's Daniele del Signore. Shortt, whose primary focus is the World Aquatics Championships later this month, led the race turning into the final length and into the last 50 metres, eventually touching the wall in 1:58.45 with Racz taking gold ahead of del Signore. It marks a third European junior medal for Shortt. "I won't lie, I'm disappointed," he said afterwards. "I wanted to win that, and I didn't, but that happens, it's very hard. The first 100m was good, I really smashed off the lane rope in the third 50, kind of lost my balance from there, this is sport, it's not a constant high." won her semi-final to advance to the 100m freestyle final as second fastest qualifier.
