JUST WHEN YOU thought 2017 couldn’t get any better for Ireland’s teenage swimming sensation Mona McSharry, she adds another achievement to her ever-growing list.
The 17-year-old this afternoon booked her place in a first senior international final — the 100m Breastroke at the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen.
Sligo native McSharry has had a remarkable year at junior level, the standout moment coming as she won 100m breastroke gold at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.
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And this week, she has made a solid step up to to senior level in Copenhagen.
Golden Girl: McSharry with her European junior medals. Oisin Keniry / INPHO
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And @MonaMcsharry is through to her first Senior International FINAL in the 100m Breaststroke! She goes through to tomorrow’s final in 8th place. Well done Mona 💪🇮🇪
After clocking a time of 1:05.40 and recording a 3rd place finish in her semi-final, she qualified for tomorrow’s final in 8th place. The time was just outside her own Irish record of 1:05.27.
Tomorrow’s final in the Danish capital is at 4.16pm Irish time, and here’s the startlist:
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Sensational McSharry's star continues to rise as she reaches first senior final at Europeans
JUST WHEN YOU thought 2017 couldn’t get any better for Ireland’s teenage swimming sensation Mona McSharry, she adds another achievement to her ever-growing list.
The 17-year-old this afternoon booked her place in a first senior international final — the 100m Breastroke at the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen.
Sligo native McSharry has had a remarkable year at junior level, the standout moment coming as she won 100m breastroke gold at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.
And this week, she has made a solid step up to to senior level in Copenhagen.
After clocking a time of 1:05.40 and recording a 3rd place finish in her semi-final, she qualified for tomorrow’s final in 8th place. The time was just outside her own Irish record of 1:05.27.
Tomorrow’s final in the Danish capital is at 4.16pm Irish time, and here’s the startlist:
The42 has just published its first book, Behind The Lines, a collection of some of the year’s best sports stories. Pick up your copy in Eason’s, or order it here today (€10):
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