IRELAND’S JORDAN SLOAN set a new Irish record time of 1:43.26 to secure a place in the final of the 200m Freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark this afternoon.
The Bangor swimmer already set a 400m Freestyle record earlier this week and continued his good form this morning to reach the final with the third best time of the heats.
The final takes place at 4.08pm (Irish time) with the 24-year-old hoping to contest for the podium alongside Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys and Britain’s Duncan Scott.
This morning also saw Ireland participate in a senior Mixed Medley Relay on the international stage for the first time when Danielle Hill (Backstroke), Mona McSharry (Breaststroke), Conor Brines (Butterfly) and Calum Bain (Freestyle) set a new national record of 1:43.15.
Elsewhere, Alex Murphy and Darragh Greene were impressive in the 200m Breaststroke heats with both taking significant times off their previous bests.
Mona McSharry swam a lifetime best of 1:01.90 in the 100m Individual Medley, whilst in the 100m Backstroke Conor Ferguson was home in 53.32.
Danielle Hill rounded off the morning’s proceedings for Ireland with a 56.55 in the 100m Freestyle.
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What’s d odds on 2-1 to us , 4 out of last 6 games same score . definitely worth €5
8/1 and definitely worth a fiver!
Sorry to burst your bubble guys but that’s known as gamblers fallacy. Another example is when you see red come up 4 times in a row in roulette and think it’s got to be black next when in reality previous results have no bearing on it and it’s just as likely to be red again
True, but taken in context the odds of black become higher with each draw of red. If there is going to be 1 hundred draws and the 1st four or five are red then odds of black increase each time
That is completely false. the roulette table has no memory. Even if it was red 99 of the first 99 spins the chances of it coming up black on the 100th spin would still be exactly 50%.
Not 50% because there is also one green. House always wins.
Fair enough Micheal but rounding to make a point
Georgia will shoot on sight. Mc Carthy and Whealan will have to track back and put in the tackles to stop this because one deflected shot and it could be game over.