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Irish Independent
15 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Daniel Wiffen cites stomach issue after eighth place in world 800m freestyle final as Ellen Walshe makes 200m butterfly decider
Wiffen, who led the field through the opening 350 metres, faded in the latter half to come home in 7:58.56, nearly 14 seconds off his personal best. The 24-year-old later revealed he had been struggling with stomach issues during the race. "Obviously not my best showing, from last year winning the Olympics to coming eighth in the final', Wiffen said after the race. "But honestly, I'm happy to be in the final, still progressing, still getting those nerves up. You know, that's what sport's about, trying to get myself uncomfortable, and I was definitely uncomfortable in that race. "I'm pretty sure I was leading at one point and then I got to 400m and then my stomach was in pieces but, you know, I'm happy to be in the final, I'm happy to represent Ireland again in a final.'' There was much better news for Wiffen's fellow Olympian Ellen Walshe, who delivered one of the standout Irish performances of the night by breaking her own Irish record in the 200m butterfly to secure a place in Thursday's final. The 24-year-old had entered the semi-finals as the seventh seed with a time of 2:09.15 but dropped a stunning 0.73 seconds from her personal best to clock 2:07.69 and finish third in her semi. She now heads into the final ranked fourth overall. "I'm delighted,' said Walshe afterwards. "Like it was an event I really didn't want to take back up, and I think just to see how far I can get it, I have to be happy. At junior level I really struggled to kind of move it on but now I can see a lot of progress and the back end's definitely there.' Looking ahead to Thursday's final (12:02pm Irish time), Walshe added: "I'm looking forward to tomorrow to see if I can be a little bit better through the front speed. I'm in against some really big names, so it's going to be exciting.' Australia's Elizabeth Dekkers will be the top seed in the final after posting a 2:06.13 in the semis. Elsewhere, Danielle Hill narrowly missed out on a place in the 50m backstroke final despite producing a season's best of 27.71 in the semi-finals, just seven hundredths of a second off her Irish record. The Larne swimmer finished twelfth overall. "I don't know, very mixed emotions,' Hill reflected. "It is fast. It's now become an Olympic event, so a few more people are a little bit more switched on. I want to be in that final, but I've been around that time now for a couple of years, so there's something we've got to look at and change.' Thursday will see a busy morning for Team Ireland with five swimmers and one diver in action. Hill returns for the 100m freestyle, John Shortt lines up in the 200m backstroke, and Mona McSharry, Ellie McCartney, and Eoin Corby are all set for the 200m breaststroke. In diving, Jake Passmore begins his campaign in the 3M springboard preliminaries. With 66 entrants, the event is split into two groups. Passmore will need to await the conclusion of the second preliminary to learn if he's progressed to the top 18 and secured a place in the semi-final.
RTÉ News
21 hours ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ellen Walshe and Danielle Hill seal semi-final spots at World Aquatic Championships
and Danielle Hill have booked their places in the semi-finals of the women's 200m butterfly and 50m backstroke respectively at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, while Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen will be in men's 800m freestyle final action this afternoon. Walshe, who was a finalist in the the 200m individual event earlier this week, was taking part in the butterfly heats over the same distance on Wednesday, having brought it back into her repertoire for the first time in five years earlier in 2025. But the Templeogue swimmer showed no rust in the discipline as she finished second in her heat in a time of 2:09.15 behind USA's Regan Smith (2:08.17) and qualified seventh fastest overall for a place in the semi-finals. Walshe's time was the third fastest of her career and was a little way outside of the 2:08.42 national record she holds in the 200m butterfly which she set in March. The 23-year-old will return to the pool at 1.22pm Irish time for the second semi-final heat and was cautiously optimistic that she could contend for a place in the final. "I'm not going to jump straight to that, but I think to go out there tonight and do what I did this morning, like control the first 100 to an extent and then just get after the second 100 as strong as I can and just see where it places me tonight," she said, adding, "It should be a good race, it's quite stacked out there." Fellow Olympian Hill matched her season's best 27.84 on the way to winning her heat in the 50m backstroke, just 0.20 outside of her national record, and qualified 10th overall. "I'm buzzing. I know I might not sound or look it, but I think after Monday (100m backstroke heats) I was a little bit disappointed in myself," she said. "But, I took that swim forward and I looked at it and the shoulder wasn't sore and so all I had to take was confidence from the event, and bring it into this morning, and again, worked with the team throughout the last 24 hours to make sure that I was behind that block again and stood up this time and done the right job." The Larne swimmer will be in semi final action at 12.38pm Irish time, shortly after Paris 2024 gold medalist Wiffen will compete in his 800m freestyle final at 12.02pm. Wiffen, who is recovering from appendicitis, clocked seven minutes 46.36 seconds to finish fifth in his heat on Tuesday, said he was feeling "really weak at the moment". Evan Bailey missed out on a place in the 100m Freestyle semi-finals but came close to his personal best in finishing in a time of 49.52 on the way to a second place finish in his heat. It is the Limerick swimmer's final individual event of the championships. "It was a decent swim, it wasn't anything special, it was 0.4 off my PB, but yeah, just to get in, swim, get that experience here, get it under the belt, so next time I come back, I'll know exactly what to do," he said. "Not the best of my life, but the focus hasn't really been sprint and the 100 free recently. The last few months I've been up at altitude and working more on my endurance and just build my aerobic capacity to build that 200 (freestyle), so I'm not overly disappointed with that time for the 100 as it wasn't really the main focus, but hopefully now I'm going to try building the speed in the next coming months and I'll get that 100 better along with the 200, so I'll have multiple events."
Irish Examiner
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Eighth place finish for Ellen Walshe at the World Championships
Ellen Walshe has finished eighth in the 200m Individual Medley final at the World Championship final. Two-time Olympian and 400m Individual Medley finalist in Paris, Walshe competed in her first World Championship final in the 50m pool. Walshe set an Irish Record in the semi-final on Sunday with a time of 2:10.49 and finished eighth in a time of 2:11.57 in the final. Canada's Summer McIntosh took gold, her second in as many days. Speaking on her eighth place finish in her first World Championships Walshe said "I think to be in my first world final tonight, like it's a huge experience, out against some massive names in a 2IM, but yeah, a little bit disappointed, but sure, roll on to the next one." Walshe is in the 200m Butterfly heats on Wednesday which she has been working towards this year. "I don't really know where it's going to be. I've never raced it internationally at this level, so I'm excited to kind of see where I can get, if it's a semifinal or I'm not even sure, but yeah, I'm looking forward to it." In the 100m Breaststroke semi-final Mona McSharry, who was top seed in 1:05.99, finished in sixth in a time of 1:06.33 and 11th overall and missed out on a final place by 0.16 of a second. McSharry spoke after the race about the trouble she had in the last 25m which hurt her in the morning as well. "It didn't feel too bad honestly. I probably felt a little bit better until the last 25 again, and then, you know, it hurt like this morning, but it's very hard to tell where you're at in the race for breaststroke, so I was just trying to get my hands on the wall, but sadly it's just not meant to be. "That's just the way it goes sometimes, everyone's kind of feeling it out in the heats and I had a very good heat swim, like very happy with that, and it is important to be able to kind of produce that in the morning, so that's a great takeaway. I just didn't replicate it tonight." McSharry still has the 50m and 200, Breaststroke to come during the week and the Sligo native said she will have to reset ahead of those races. "You know, I just have two days now to kind of just reset my mind and yeah, get back on the train and kind of go through the process again and see what I can do." Evan Bailey made his first appearance in a World semi-final when he finished 16th overall in 1:48.75, just outside the Irish Record of 1:46.66, in the 200m Freestyle semi-final. It was a surreal moment for Bailey as he walked out for the semi-final. "It was amazing to walk out there." said Bailey. "I mean, like the atmosphere and just everyone in the crowd, screaming, I walked out, it was surreal. It was a great to experience it and to get that experience on the world stage, and I'm really grateful to have been in that semi-final. But yeah, my race plan didn't go to plan, I'm a bit disappointed with that. I'll have to go back and reassess with my coach on what went wrong there, but then there's always positives to come back on, to get an experience on that level. It'll just be good to build on in the future." Daniel Wiffen will begin his defence of his 800m Freestyle World Title in the preliminary round on Tuesday. Wiffen needs to finish in the top eight to progress to the final on Wednesday. Limerick's Jack Cassin makes his World Championships debut in the 200m Butterfly.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ellen Walshe secures 200m individual medley semi-final spot in Singapore
Ellen Walshe secured her place in the semi-final of 200m individual medley semi-final on the opening morning of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Entering the race ranked 18th, Walshe impressed with fourth place in her heat in 2:11.45, the fifth fastest time of her career. She progressed as the 10th fastest swimmer overall ahead of this afternoon's (1pm Irish time) semi-final at Singapore Sports Hub. The Templeogue swimmer has a best time and holds the Irish Record in 2:10.92 from the 2023 World Championships. Olympic gold medallist Daniel Wiffen clocked 3:47.57 to open his World Championships in the 400m freestyle. "I was pretty disappointed with the overall time; I didn't follow the race plan I was meant to go," he said afterwards. "It's a warm-up for my main events later in the week, I'm looking forward to the 800m in the next two days." Wiffen returns to the pool for that event on Tuesday morning, where he will be first looking to secure a top eight finish in the heats, to lock in a lane for Wednesday's final. Also competing in the 200m individual medley, Ellie McCartney made her World Championships debut in 2:13.86, the second fastest time of her career. The National Centre Limerick swimmer will be back in action on Thursday in the 200m breaststroke. Eoin Corby swam a seasons' best in the 100m breaststroke heats, touching in 1:00.63. Corby will return for the 200m breaststroke, his main event, on Thursday. Shane Ryan opened his Championships clocking 23.46 in a speedy 50m butterfly preliminary. Ryan returns to the pool on Friday for the 50m freestyle.
Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Boston Globe
Judge rejects request to suppress Google search information from Cohasset man who allegedly killed, dismembered wife
Walshe pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, disinterring a body, and lying to investigators in connection with the Jan. 1, 2023 slaying of his wife, On New Year's Eve 2022, the couple hosted Ana Walshe's former employer at their house, who left around 1:30 a.m., officials have said. Advertisement The guest told investigators he had dinner with the couple and they shared champagne and wine, according to an affidavit. Brian and Ana Walshe were in a good mood and everyone enjoyed themselves, the guest said. By 4:50 a.m., authorities allege, Ana Walshe, 39, was dead, and the disturbing Google searches started. They included 'how to embalm a body,' '10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to,' 'how to stop a body from decomposing,' and 'how long before a body starts to smell.' They were made between 4:55 a.m. and 5:47 a.m. on New Year's Day, prosecutors said. In court papers last month, Walshe's lawyers said he and his prior counsel, Tracy Miner, had reached an agreement on Jan. 6, 2023, allowing authorities to conduct 'a limited search' of Walshe's iPhone and his son's iPad. Advertisement Walshe's consent was necessary at the time because State Police hadn't obtained a warrant for the devices. Walshe's lawyers said the agreement covered 'all communications' between Dec. 25, 2022, and Jan. 6, 2023, the date the electronics were turned over. The sole exception was for communications between Walshe and his lawyer, the filing said. According to the memo, State Police began a forensic search of the devices on the night of Jan. 6, 2023, and continued into the early hours of Jan. 7. An investigator who conducted the work alerted colleagues on the evening of Jan. 7 to the Internet searches in question, which were later referenced in an affidavit for a search warrant, records show. But before a warrant was issued, the filing said, 'police willingly and knowingly violated the agreement by exceeding the agreed-upon scope by downloading and searching the entire content of' Walshe's phone, his son's laptop, and a third laptop with a cracked screen that he turned over. Prosecutors in court papers last month had urged a denial of Walshe's supression motion, arguing that 'discovery of the internet searches and location data from the iPhone and iPad was certain as a practical matter.' Over several days, prosecutors allege, Walshe dismembered his wife's body in the basement and discarded her clothes and other evidence in a dumpster at a liquor store near his mother's home in Swampscott. He also allegedly disposed her remains in dumpsters at apartment complexes in Abington and Brockton. Police also allegedly found blood in the basement of the couple's home. Advertisement Seven days after Ana Walshe's disappearance, police searched the dumpster near the home of Brian Walshe's mother. Inside, they found a COVID vaccination card for Ana Walshe, a Hermes watch, and clothing Ana Walshe was known to wear, according to prosecutors. Forensic testing showed her DNA on items found in the dumpster, prosecutors said. While Brian Walshe failed in his bid to get the Google searches suppressed, he did succeed in getting additional evidence tossed. On Friday, Freniere granted Walshe's request to suppress evidence gleaned from separate search warrants related to a 'GPS install on a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle' with Mass. plates, as well as 'Verizon Records of Cell Phone Number 617-939-8646 insofar it authorized ... location data obtained for December 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022,' records show. Walshe is currently held without bail, and his trial is scheduled to begin in October, records show. Travis Andersen can be reached at
