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  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 […]

  Paris Olympic Games Finalist Ellen Walshe starred on night four of racing in Singapore with a new Irish Record in the 200m Butterfly to secure a place in Thursday’s Final, while Daniel Wiffen placed eighth in the 800m Freestyle Final. Entering the semi-finals as the seventh seed in 2:09.15, Walshe smashed through her own

  Ellen Walshe and Danielle Hill have comfortably qualified for the semi-finals of the 200m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke respectively on the fourth day of racing of the World Aquatics Championships at the Singapore Sports Hub. Walshe, who only added the 200m Butterfly back to her roster earlier this year after a five-year gap, swam

  Ireland’s Mona McSharry and Evan Bailey starred on day two of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore; McSharry with her fastest time of the year in the 100m Breaststroke to win her heat and secure the top seed for Monday afternoon’s semi-finals, while Bailey equalled the 200m Freestyle Irish Record to progress to the

  The 2025 Irish National Youth and Senior Championships came to a close this evening in Dublin with twenty-three national titles handed out throughout the final day of racing. This morning, Lisburn claimed gold in the Open 15 and over 400m Medley Relay with a time of 3:55.44. Sundays Well took the top spot in

  Ellen Walshe highlighted the opening morning of racing at the Singapore Sports Hub, securing a place in the 200m Individual Medley Semi-Final, as the 2025 World Aquatics Championships got underway. Entering Sunday morning’s opening race ranked in eighteenth place, Walshe impressed with fourth in her heat in 2:11.45, the fifth fastest time of her

  The penultimate day of the 2025 Irish National Youth and Senior Championships took place today in the National Aquatic Centre with twenty-five national titles awarded throughout the day. Baltazar Allende opened the penultimate evening of racing in superb fashion, clocking 2:10.02 to win the 15yrs Open 200m IM national title. The 16 yrs category

  Day three of the 2025 Irish Summer National Youth and Senior Championships took place today in Dublin with twenty-six gold medals handed out throughout an exciting day of action. The Open 1500m Freestyle took place this afternoon with Harry McGlashan of Lurgan coming home first in the 15yrs race, clocking a time of 17:47.43.

  Ireland’s Olympic Champion Daniel Wiffen and bronze medallist Mona McSharry will spearhead Swim Ireland’s 13-strong swimming and diving team into the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore exactly one year after the Paris Games, which saw the team return from Paris with three medals.  Swimming and Diving at the World Aquatics Championships run from July

  The 2025 Irish Summer National Youth and Senior Championships resumed in the National Aquatic Centre for the second day of racing with 32 national titles up for grabs. The Female 1500m Freestyle event took place this afternoon with medals up for grabs across all age categories. Lucie O’Keeffe of Aer Lingus claimed victory in