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The 42
12 hours ago
- Sport
- The 42
McCartney and Bailey qualify for finals in Slovakia; McSharry and Fannon progress in Italy
IRISH SWIMMERS HAD strong showings on the opening day of competition at the European Aquatics U23 Championships in Slovakia, and at the Sette Colli International in Rome, with Ellie McCartney, Evan Bailey, Mona McSharry and Tom Fannon all advancing to finals. McCartney is the fastest qualifier into the 200m Individual Medley Final at the U23 Championships having won her heat in 2:15.02 ahead of France's Bertille Cousson (2:15.25) and Italy's Giada Alzetta (2:15.74). The National Centre Limerick swimmer will take the centre lane for this evening's 6.27pm (Irish time) Final. Evan Bailey impressed in the 200m Freestyle as he touched second in his heat in 1:47.48, just behind reigning 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 5.24pm. Advertisement In Rome, Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry won her 100m Breaststroke heat in 1:07.05 and qualifies second overall for the final at 6.04pm just behind Great Britain's Angharad Evans (1:06.83). Olympic semi-finalist Tom Fannon was second in his heat of the 50m Freestyle clocking 22.21 behind Paris silver medallist Ben Proud, the fastest seed into the final, in 21.90. Fannon progresses fourth overall with the final taking to the blocks at 6.44pm. Olympic finalist Ellen Walshe got the morning underway in Rome in the heats of the 200m Freestyle, coming home in 2:01.52. The Templeogue swimmer will be back in action on Friday in the 400m Individual Medley. Back in Slovakia, Eoin Corby agonisingly missed out on the 50m Breaststroke Final after a swim-off for the final place. Corby, of National Centre Limerick, and Ukraine's Maksym Ovchinnikov had both touched in 28 seconds and eighth overall in the heats requiring a swim-off for the final place. With Corby having swam with the Ireland 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay in between races, it was the Ukrainian who had the fresher legs and got the touch in the swim-off 27.99 to 28.14. Also, in action on Thursday morning, Brandon Biss got the championships underway for Ireland in the 200m Backstroke, clocking 2:03.36. Cormac Rynn touched in 1:47.77 in the 200m Freestyle, his third fastest time ever in the event. Maria Godden (29.39) and Jack Cassin (53.05) had top 12 finishes in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Butterfly respectively, while Ireland's Mixed Medley Relay of Lottie Cullen, Cassin, Corby and Godden were 11th overall in 3:55.47.
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
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. 2 Mona McSharry will be looking to add to her already impressive medal collection 2 Ellen Walshe will be hoping to carry on her impressive form in Rome Both competitions will run from June 26-28. 2025 will be just the second edition of the European U23 Swimming Championships. Swim Ireland hosted the inaugural championship at the Sport Ireland Campus in 2023. Ireland topped the medal table with six golds from Mona McSharry (3 golds), Ellen Walshe (2 golds, 1 silver) and Read more on Irish Sport 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 Most read in Other Sports 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. Inside Sarah Healy's life beyond athletics from impressive college degree to passion for travelling the globe 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. In Rome, 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.
