OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST Mona McSharry returned to the pool on Wednesday morning as she comfortably progressed to the women’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals.
The Sligo swimmer, who landed Ireland’s first medal of Paris 2024 in the 100m breaststroke on Monday evening, clocked the seventh-fastest time of the 200m heats: 2:23.98.
McSharry will be back in action from 9.03pm on Wednesday night as she looks to book her place in a second Olympic final. The top eight semi-final times will progress to Thursday evening’s final.
Racing in the first of this morning’s three heats, McSharry finished in third behind defending champion Tatjana Smith (2:21.57) and her South African compatriot Kaylene Corbett (2:23.85).
Tes Schouten of the Netherlands won the second heat in 2:23.08, while Team USA’s Kate Douglass won the third heat in 2:23.44.
