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Extra.ie
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Extra.ie
Inside Mona McSharry's life and career
A stomach bug impacted Olympian Mona McSharry during her World Aquatics Championships bid with the Sligo woman admitting how hard it was to get out of bed amid her illness. Mona finished eight place in her final event, after finishing in sixth place in the semi-finals of the 100m breastsroke earlier in the week. At just 24 years old, there's plenty ahead of the double Olympian, here take a look at her beginnings. A stomach bug impacted Olympian Mona McSharry during her World Aquatics Championships bid with the Sligo woman admitting how hard it was to get out of bed amid her illness. Pic: Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile It was 2016 when Mona first came to fame having won her first international medals when she placed second in the 100m breaststroke anbd third in the 50m at the European Junior Championships. The following year she placed second in the 200 breaststroke an won the 50m and 100m going on to win the 100m breaststroke at the World Championships a few months later. Her Olympic debut was at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she finished in eight place in the 100m breaststroke event. Last year, Mona McSharry won one of Olympian medalists when she won bronze at the 100m breaststroke event at the Paris Olympics. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy Last year, Mona won one of Olympian medalists when she won bronze at the 100m breaststroke event at the Paris Olympics. Before her star rose at the Olympics, Mona participated in Ireland's Fittest Family where her coach, Donncha O'Callaghan forecast her successful career. The appearance on the RTÉ show came five years before her Olympic win, when she was just 18 years old. Her Olympic debut was at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she finished in eight place in the 100m breaststroke event. Pic: Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile Mona was accompanied by her brother Mouric and parents Aidan and Viola with the group going on to win the whole show. Former international rugby star Donncha predicted big things for Mona and her brother. 'I'm just delighted. I'm delighted for them,' Donncha said at the time. 'I know how much it means and how much they put into it. 'And I'll be honest, Mona and Mouric are gonna go on and do great things for our country,' he foreshadowed. 'But ye were amazing. I was delighted to be a part of it. Incredible, I'm so proud of ye.'
Irish Times
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Mona McSharry and Danielle Hill end World Championships campaigns with heat exits
Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry and Danielle Hill have finished their schedules at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore with exits in their respective heats on Saturday. Having suffered from a stomach bug which saw her out of the pool for two days, 24-year-old McSharry was on the blocks for the women's 50m breaststroke heats. The Sligo swimmer finished in 31.28 to finish eighth in her heat, 25th overall, to miss out on Saturday's semi-finals. 'I've been pretty sick and it's tough to get out of bed the last few days, so considering that I was able to get up and race today, I can only be happy with it,' said McSharry. READ MORE 'Sadly it's not the end to the worlds I wanted, but we just kind of take it and accept it.' Despite a challenging few days in Singapore, McSharry said she remains motivated to keep swimming. 'Coming after the Olympics last year, I was just ready for a break, and I do think that kind of taking five months off really helped me power through this season, and honestly I'm kind of excited to just get back in and keep training, maybe take a short break, but then kind of get straight back into it and just prepare for the World Cups (October) and everything else coming up. 'I kind of had a real realisation, kind of at this competition, that I'm not ready to be done yet, and you know, I'm not cutting myself short or anything, so I'm waiting until I really feel like I want to be finished, and if that's not yet, then that's fine. I'll carry on as long as I'm excited and enjoying it.' Earlier in the session, Hill clocked 25.24 in the women's 50m freestyle, a shade off her season best of 25.22. Her heat time put her 25th overall, outside qualification for Saturday afternoon's semi-finals. 'It's a bittersweet one again, because you swim your best time and you're in there,' the Larne woman said after her final heat. 'I've got to find a way, as I have been trying to the past couple years, to get those best performances in the morning. But yeah, I have had a long season. to be here is one thing, but yeah, I've got to find a way now and sit down and try and get those fast performances in the morning.' Looking ahead to the new season, she added: 'It's actually probably the first time where I like wish the new season would just start tomorrow. 'I feel ready to go already and just like want to put my head back down and fix the things that I know I can fix.' Shane Ryan was also in action on the penultimate day of the championships, finishing first in his heat in the men's 50m backstroke in 24.96 to place 19th overall. Ellen Walsh will return to the pool on Sunday for the heats of the women's 400m individual medley (3.35am Irish time, followed by the final at 1.15pm), before John Shortt, Eoin Corby, Jack Cassin and Evan Bailey will represent Ireland in the third heat of the men's 4x100m medley relay (4.02am Irish time, followed by the final at 1.33pm).
RTÉ News
02-08-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Mona McSharry not finished yet, and has more targets in mind
The World Aquatics Championships may not have gone to plan for Mona McSharry, with a stomach bug impacting her performance in her final event, but the competitive juices are still fuelling a desire to ensure the Olympic bronze medallist will prolong her career in the pool. McSharry endured a rough 48 hours before lining up in the heats of the 50m breaststroke. She clocked 31.28 seconds to finish eight, this after coming home sixth in the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week. Afterwards the Sligo woman spoke about how difficult it was to make it to the starting block. "I've been pretty sick and it's tough to get out of bed the last few days," she said. "Considering that I was able to get up and race today, I can only but be happy with it. Sadly it's not the end to the Worlds I wanted, but we just kind of take it and accept it." As to the future, McSharry confirmed her intention to keep going, when saying: "It kind of just fuels me, honestly. I think after the Olympics last year, I was just ready for a break, and I do think that taking five months off really helped me power through this season. "I'm excited to just get back in and keep training, maybe take a short break, but then get straight back into it and just prepare for the World Cups (October) and everything else coming up." She added: "I think I had a real realisation at this competition that I'm not ready to be done yet. I'm not cutting myself short or anything, so I'm waiting until I really feel I want to be finished, and if that's not yet, then that's fine. I'll carry on as long as I'm excited and enjoying it." Elsewhere on the penultimate day of action in Singapore, Shane Ryan, swimming the 50m backstroke for only the second time this year, won his heat in 24.96 seconds, but was 19th overall and outside of the semi-final places by just seven hundredths of a second. was just outside her season's best of 25.22 in the 50m freestyle, clocking 25.24 to place eighth in her heat.
Irish Daily Mirror
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Olympic medallist makes crucial career decision after tough World Championships
Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry says she is not done with competitive swimming after a disappointing end to her World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. McSharry, 24, has been undecided about her future in the sport since winning bronze in Paris a year ago and had suggested her second Olympics would be her last after she made the podium, winning Ireland's first medal of the Games. The Sligo athlete ended her involvement in the Worlds in the 50m breaststroke this morning after a stomach bug kept her out of the pool for 48 hours. McSharry, who swam the semi-final of the 100m breaststroke earlier this week but didn't make the final, clocked 31.28 to finish eighth in her heat and 25th overall this morning. "You know, definitely kind of accepted at this point, I've been pretty sick and it's tough to get out of bed the last few days," she said. "So considering that I was able to get up and race today, I just can only but be happy with it. Sadly it's not the end to the worlds I wanted, but we just kind of take it and accept it." Reflecting on the week and on her future, McSharry said that not making a final in Singapore "fuels" her for what's to come. "I think kind of coming after the Olympics last year, I was just ready for a break, and I do think that kind of taking five months off really helped me power through this season," she remarked. "And honestly I'm kind of excited to just get back in and keep training, maybe take a short break, but then kind of get straight back into it and just prepare for the World Cup (in October) and, you know, everything else coming up.' "I think I had a realisation at this competition that I'm not ready to be done yet and I'm not cutting myself short or anything. So I'm waiting until I really feel like I want to be finished, and if that's not yet, then that's fine. I'll carry on as long as I'm excited and enjoying it." Olympic gold and bronze medallist Daniel Wiffen also had a tough week as he struggled due to having appendicitis in June and the Magheralin star failed to make the 400m freestyle final, finished eighth in the defence of his 800 metre freestyle title and pulled out of the defence of his 1500m freestyle crown. Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email .
Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
McCartney seventh in final on debut at Worlds
Ellie McCartney said the World Championships have been "an incredible experience" after she finished in seventh place in the 200m breaststroke final. The 20-year-old, from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, was competing at her first World Championships in Singapore. McCartney reached the final with a personal best time of 2:23.79 to reach Friday's final. She could not replicate that time in the final but her swim of 2:25.22 was good enough for seventh place. "I don't have high expectations coming into the final, at the start of this year all I wanted to do is qualify for the World Championships," said McCartney after her final swim. "This year, as the season progressed, we had to keep on moving that target, and I never thought it would be a final." European Under-23 champion McCartney said she would learn from the final and take it into future competitions. "Tonight's swim may not have been the fastest I've ever been, but I came into this meet seeded eighteenth and I finished seventh. "So the progression is what it is I'll take a learning from this time and hopefully apply it to future competitions." Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry will swim in the 50m breatstroke on Saturday, while Danielle Hill is in action in the 50m freestyle. On Friday, Olympic gold medallist Jack McMillan, from Northern Ireland, helped Team GB to a gold medal in the men's 4x200m relay.
