Ulster & Irish swimmers continued to impress on another exciting night of racing in Slovakia at the 2025 European Aquatics Championships, with Hamilton coming away from Day 3 Finals with two top sixteen finishes.
Hamilton rounded off an impressive day in the water appearing on the blocks on two occasions this evening to secure two top sixteen places. Hamilton finished thirteenth after his time of 54.08 in the 100m Butterfly. Shortly before that the 17-year-old came through one length of the pool in 23.11 to place sixteenth in the 50m Freestyle.
Speaking in the mixed-zone, he said: “It’s not quite the time I wanted but at the end of the day I made it to the semi-final and it was a pretty solid swim, I improved on the technical aspects of the swim from earlier in the day.”
Hamilton continued “It’s brilliant, I’m not used to it but to have two semi-final swims on one night is brilliant. The day is gone better than I thought it would, I didn’t think it would go that well, hopefully there’s more to come.”
Day four will see another busy day for the Irish with seven swimmers in the water, including Grace Davison in the 100m Freestyle, the same event where she won bronze at the 2024 iteration of this competition.