IRELAND’S DANIEL WIFFEN has finished eighth in the final of the Men’s 800m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The Tokyo Olympian had progressed in fifth place from yesterday’s heats in a new Irish Record time of 7:46.32, smashing his previous best of 7:50.74. This evening, Wiffen swam his second-best time ever of 7:50.63 in a stacked final that included multiple Olympic, World and European medallists.
The race was won by Olympic Champion Bobby Finke of the USA in an American record of 7:39.36, while Germany’s Florian Wellbrock took silver in 7:39.63 and Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk bronze in 7:40.05.
Wiffen returns to the pool Friday for the heats of the 1500m Freestyle. Next up for Ireland, Calum Bain swims the 50m Freestyle heats on Thursday morning.
All the bricks are in place in Clare. No pressure or excuses this year then Davy!!
Did I read that right , Clare have
3 coaches already + Davy who I presume is manager/ coach & now they’ve added another coach.
Jesus they’ve more coaches then Kavanaghs Buses .
€€€.. Davy could bankrupt them for years like he did to Waterford
Great news for clare hurling
This is the man that made them tick in 2013 was missing for a lot of 2014!! So this is unbelievable news for clare hurling!!
Great new for Clare, a clear message to the rest. Your man above is right, all the the ingredients are in place now for us, do or die this year.
No excuses for Fitzy now, if they underperform again he has to go.
He should’ve went last season….. Nepotism at its finest
Great news
Great coup ! I’m off to the bookies to clean up on the banner this year !
Id be inclined to join you .
Banner for Liam