Aug 12, 2024
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No I am not crying at the RTÉ Paris 2024 Irish medal winners compilation
Australianas continuam brilhando na natação e Mollie O’Callaghan os 200 m livre com recorde olímpico
A australiana Mollie O’Callaghan superou a compatriota Ariarne Titmus, nesta segunda-feira, na Arena La Défense, e, com direito a recorde olímpico, conquistou a medalha de ouro nos 200 metros livre feminino nos Jogos Olímpicos de Paris-2024.
Em uma final bastante disputada, O’Callaghan assumiu a dianteira nos 50 metros finais e fechou sua participação com o tempo de 1min53s27, apenas 0s54 à frente de Titmus, que defendia o primeiro posto e o recorde olímpico conquistados na prova em Tóquio. Siobhan Haughey, de Hong Kong, completou o pódio com o bronze.
Antes da prata conquistada nos 200 metros, Titmus havia sido o destaque da Austrália no último sábado, quando faturou o ouro nos 400 metros livre, superando a norte-americana Katie Ledecky e a canadense Summer McIntosh. Além de OCallaghan, 20 anos, as outras finais desta segunda-feira consagraram outros jovens nadadores.
O fenômeno canadense Summer McIntosh, de apenas 17 anos, não quebrou o próprio recorde mundial, mas alcançou o topo do pódio ao vencer os 400 metros medley, em 4min27s71, à frente das norte-americanas Katie Grimes (4min33s40) e Emma Weyant (4min34s93). No masculino, o romeno David Popovici, 19 anos, venceu os 200 metros livre e conquistou seu primeiro ouro olímpico, com o tempo de 1min44s72.
Apenas 0s2 atrás, o britânico Matthew Richards ficou com a prata, enquanto o norte-americano Luke Hobson levou o bronze. Nos 100 metros costas masculino, o italiano Thomas Ceccon, 23 anos, levou o ouro, encerrando a prova à frente do chinês Xu Jiayu e do norte-americano Ryan Murphy. Já a sul-africana Tatjana Smith foi a mais rápida nos 100 metros peito feminino, finalizando a prova em 1min05s28. A chinesa Tang Qianting ficou com a prata e a irlandesa Mona McSharry, com o bronze.
Estadão Conteúdo Foto: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP / CP
Swim Ireland McSharry Through to Another World Final; Shortt Breaks Irish Backstroke Record
Mona McSharry is through to another World Final and John Shortt has set a new Irish Record on the fifth night of racing at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
McSharry, who was fifth in the 100m Breaststroke Final on Tuesday, secured a place in tomorrow afternoon’s 200m Breaststroke Final following a third-place finish in her heat in 2:25.13, just off the 2:24.82 she swam in this morning’s heats. The 23-year-old will go onto the Final ranked in seventh place.
Speaking after the race McSharry said ‘I’m excited, that was a little bit slower than this morning but one of my fastest races and based on how I feel getting out of it, I feel that I put it well together and the last 50m felt pretty strong. So, tomorrow is just about having big guts and pushing to go out a little bit stronger in the first 100m’.
The 200m Breaststroke Final will take place on Friday at 4.49pm (IRL).
17-year-old John Shortt had the swim of his life in the 200m Backstroke Semi-Final, setting a new Irish Record of 1:58.47. Shortt, from Roscam in Galway, broke his own record of 1:58.63 which he set at the European Junior Championships in 2023. The National Centre Limerick swimmer placed fourteenth overall, in only his second senior international meet.
A delighted Shortt said ‘I was a bit disappointed with that swim this morning, because I’ve been training much better than that swim showed, I think that swim tonight properly showed what I can do and I’m just another inch closer to that Olympic time and I’ll have another crack at it in Dublin’
On making his debut in a World Championships Semi-Final Shortt said ‘It was a moment that I think I’ll hold in my heart forever, it was amazing, especially to see my family out there who have been amazing these past few months, I’ve moved to Limerick full time so they’ve all been unbelievable and it was so nice to show them a good swim out there tonight’.
Tomorrow will see debut swims at these Championships from Max McCusker in the 100m Butterfly and Tom Fannon in the 50m Freestyle, while Maria Godden returns for the 200m Backstroke. Olympic qualification is available across all three events.
Daily reports will issue from Doha.
Results Day 5 Heats
Women 100m Freestyle Victoria Catterson 55.44 (19th)
Men 200m Backstroke John Shortt 1:59.27 (16th) SF 1:58.47 ISR (14th)
Women 200m Breaststroke Mona McSharry 2:24.82 (2nd) SF 2:25.13 (7th)
Men 200m Breaststroke Eoin Corby 2:13.10 (17th)
Schedule – Day 6
Men 100m Butterfly Max McCusker
Women 200m Backstroke Maria Godden
Men 50m Freestyle Tom Fannon
Women 200m Breaststroke Final Mona McSharry
Swim Ireland - McSharry Fifth in World Breaststroke Final
Ireland’s Mona McSharry has finished in fifth place in the final of the 100m Breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
The 23-year-old touched in 1:06.42, just half a second outside of the medals. China’s Qianting Tang won gold in 1:05.27.
McSharry spoke after the race ‘I’m gutted, I just felt like I was there, within my reach, I just didn’t have it today and that’s really tough to deal with, just back to the drawing board and keep working I guess. I think, the most important thing is not coming away from this distraught or disheartened, and trying to use it to my advantage rather than thinking I’m not capable, and that’s probably going to be the hardest part.’
McSharry returns to the pool on Thursday for the heats of the 200m Breaststroke where she will be seeking to secure an Olympic Qualification Time of 2:23.91.
On Wednesday, Daniel Wiffen will swim the 800m Freestyle Final at 4pm (IRL). Wiffen is ranked second following this morning’s heats with a time of 7:46.90. Also, in action, Shane Ryan will target the Olympic Qualification Time of 48.34 in the 100m Freestyle heats, Ryan is the Irish Record holder in the event in 48.64, while Maria Godden goes in the 50m Backstroke Heats.
Daily reports will issue from Doha.
Results Day 3
Men 50m Breaststroke Darragh Greene 27.76 (18th)
Women 200m Freestyle Victoria Catterson 1:59.75 (19th)
Men 800m Freestyle Daniel Wiffen 7:46.90 (2nd)
Women 100m Breaststroke Mona McSharry H 1:06.49 (3rd) SF 1:06.11 (2nd) F 1:06.42 (5th)
Schedule – Day 4
Women 50m Backstroke Maria Godden
Men 100m Freestyle Shane Ryan
Men 800m Freestyle Final Daniel Wiffen
Swim Ireland Wiffen Second Fastest Qualifier into Freestyle Final
Daniel Wiffen is through to the 800m Freestyle Final while Victoria Catterson and Darragh Greene secured top twenty places in their events on the third day of racing at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar. Tonight, Mona McSharry competes in the final of the 100m Breaststroke.
Following a seventh-place finish in the 400m Freestyle on Sunday, this morning Daniel Wiffen secured a place in his second final, in one of his favoured events, the 800m Freestyle. Wiffen, who is the European record holder in the event in 7:39.19, touched second in his heat and ranks second overall behind Italy’s Luca de Tullio (7:46.42) in 7:46.90 ahead of tomorrow evening’s final.
Commenting after the race, the 22-year-old said ‘I did try not to go too hard, I mean it’s not a stacked field here, so doing the 800m is trying to go as slow as possible to still make it back. I knew it was going to be tight and I knew exactly what pace the others were going, so I didn’t want to leave it to chance in the heats, top two was what we wanted.’
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s final Wiffen said ‘I’m looking forward to it, getting into my preferred schedule now, the 800m and 1500m, so yeah I’m looking forward to it, it’s going to be a great race.’
The Men’s 800m Freestyle Final takes place on Wednesday at 4.02pm (IRL).
Victoria Catterson swam under the two-minute mark for the third time in her career in the 200m Freestyle heats. Catterson, who holds the Irish Record at 1:59.74, was right at her best, touching sixth in her heat in 1:59.75. The National Centre Dublin swimmer was nineteenth overall, moving up seven places in the rankings and breaking into the top twenty at a World Aquatics Championships for the first time.
Speaking after the race Catterson said ‘I just know that I’ve put everything into training the past while and I know I have so much better in me, it’s just frustrating to be on high 1:59s yet again, I’m so much better than that’.
Darragh Greene returned to the pool for his final individual event of the Championships, the 50m Breaststroke. Clocking 27.76, Greene was eighteenth overall, missing a semi-final place by just .14 of a second.
Mona McSharry will race the 100m Breaststroke Final at 5.45pm (IRL) this evening. McSharry, who was fifth in the 2023 edition of the Championships, is ranked second going into the final with the opportunity to win Ireland’s first World Aquatics long course (50m) medal. The 23-year-old won bronze in the short course (25m) version of the event in 2021.
Daily reports will issue from Doha.
Results Day 3
Men 50m Breaststroke Darragh Greene 27.76 (18th)
Women 200m Freestyle Victoria Catterson 1:59.75 (19th)
Men 800m Freestyle Daniel Wiffen 7:46.90 (2nd)
Schedule – Day 3 Finals
Women 100m Breaststroke Final Mona McSharry 5:45pm (IRL)
Swim Ireland - Irish swimmers McSharry and Ferguson Secure Semi-Final Spots in Doha
Irish swimmers impressed on the second day of competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, with Mona McSharry and Conor Ferguson comfortably progressing from their heats to this afternoon’s semi-finals.
McSharry, already qualified for Paris, was second in her 100m Breaststroke heat in 1:06.49. The 23-year-old, who was fifth at the 2023 edition of the World Championships, cruised through the heats and ranks third overall for the semi-final.
The Sligo native, who holds the Irish Record at 1:05.55, spoke after this morning’s race ‘I’m happy, February is a weird time to be getting up and doing a world champs swim and I think it’s exciting to try and progress through the rounds and be as good as I can at this time of the year and then just build on that for the Summer. It was a good swim this morning, well-paced, just try and shave a little bit off each 50m and see what we can do.’
The 100m Breaststroke Semi-Final takes place today at 4.28pm (IRL).
Conor Ferguson dipped under the fifty-four second mark for the first time in his career with a personal best swim of 53.95 in the 100m Backstroke heats. Ferguson’s previous best had sat at 54.01. The 24-year-old was second in the first of the seeded heats and progresses eleventh overall.
This evening, Ferguson will be aiming for the Olympic Qualification Time in the event of 53.74, he said ‘It’s a step in the right direction and I know I’ve more to give, the first one’s always a bit nerve wrecking but it’s good to get that out of the way, it’s a good confidence builder. Historically looking, my afternoon swims are always better than the morning. It was a good swim this morning, but I just have to forget about it and focus on tonight now.’
The 100m Backstroke Semi-Final takes place today at 4.17pm (IRL).
Also, in action this morning, Maria Godden swam her first individual event, the 100m Backstroke, touching in 1:01.99, for twentieth overall. Godden returns to the pool on Wednesday for the 50m Backstroke, with her main event, the 200m Backstroke, to come on Friday.
Daily reports will issue from Doha.
Results Day 2
Women 100m Backstroke Maria Godden 1:01.99 (20th)
Men 100m Backstroke Conor Ferguson 53.95 (11th)
Women 100m Breaststroke Mona McSharry 1:06.49 (3rd)
Schedule – Day 2 Finals
Men 100m Backstroke Semi-Final Conor Ferguson 4.17pm (IRL)
Women 100m Breaststroke Semi-Final Mona McSharry 4.28pm (IRL)
2024 World Aquatics Championships (50m), Doha, Qatar - Swimming
Name Home Programme Home Coach
Victoria Catterson National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Eoin Corby National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Grace Davison Ards SC Curtis Coulter
Tom Fannon National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Conor Ferguson Loughborough University Ian Hulme
Maria Godden National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Darragh Greene National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Max McCusker Millfield School Ryan Livingstone
Mona McSharry University of Tennessee Matt Kredich
Erin Riordan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Shane Ryan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
John Shortt National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Daniel Wiffen Loughborough University Andi Manley
Issued by Swim Ireland, whose Performance Programme is supported and funded by Sport Ireland & Sport Northern Ireland.
Swim Ireland Announce Athletes for Upcoming European and World Championships
Swim Ireland have announced three cohorts of athletes this who will represent Ireland in upcoming senior international competitions, the European Short Course (25m) Championships and the World Long Course (50m) Championships.
For the forthcoming 2023 European Aquatics Championships in Bucharest in December, a team of 17 athletes have been named, spearheaded by European Record holder Daniel Wiffen. The team was selected in two sections, to allow both a senior and a junior element to the team. Wiffen, who was a two-time finalist at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan will feature alongside Ellen Walshe who was a semi-finalist at this event. Familiar names such as Shane Ryan and Danielle Hill will also be part of the team, with some athletes, including Mona McSharry, Darragh Greene and Conor Ferguson opting not to compete on this occasion in favour of the training pool.
For the first time of asking, twins Daniel and Nathan Wiffen will compete on an Irish team together, whilst exciting youngsters John Shortt, Ellie McCartney and Grace Davison will be familiar names from recent European Junior and Commonwealth Youth Games campaigns.
The 2024 iteration of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar will see both swimmers and divers vie for Olympic berths in Paris, with this being the penultimate occasion for swimmers before a final Olympic Trials in Dublin in May. For divers, this is their final nail-biting attempt to achieve their place as part of Team Ireland.
Mona McSharry will feature for Ireland in this event as part of a 12-strong swimming team and a 3-person diving team. McSharry was a finalist on two occasions at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships and, alongside Wiffen, will form Ireland’s greatest hopes of final spots and podium challenges across the eight days of racing. Ellen Walshe will skip this event to focus on training through to May and both the Men’s 400m Medley relay and Women’s 400m Freestyle relay are set to compete on this occasion. Ireland currently sit with three relays in provisional Olympic relays berths, with an overall Top-16 position from Fukuoka and Doha required to secure Paris invitations.
The diving team is led through the experience of Clare Cryan, who narrowly missed qualifying for Paris by only 8 points last time of asking in Fukuoka. Alongside Ciara McGing and the exciting young prospect Jake Passmore, tickets to Paris are the primary focus for all three of the diving team.
National Performance Director Jon Rudd was excited about the announcements taking place and what this means for Irish swimming and diving over the months ahead. “The European Short Course Championships is first up for us and will give athletes an opportunity to tune up in international waters before many of them head to Doha. For the juniors on the team, opportunities to test themselves against older and more experienced athletes is something that must be grasped with both hands. I am sure that those on our team will do that very thing.”
In terms of Doha, he went on to say “It is an unusual time of the year to have such an event, and we may never see this again, particularly in Olympic year, but it must be embraced, and we have to take the opportunities that come with it. Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe have all booked their places in Paris, and this is a chance for our swimmers, divers and our relays to add themselves to Team Ireland and ensure their spots come July”.
2023 European Aquatics Championships (25m), Bucharest, Romania
Name Home Programme Home Coach
Evan Bailey New Ross SC Fran Ronan
Victoria Catterson National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Grace Davison Ards SC Curtis Coulter
Tom Fannon National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Maria Godden National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Danielle Hill Larne SC Peter Hill
Ellie McCartney National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Max McCusker Millfield School Ryan Livingstone
Liam O'Connor Project 28/Terenure SC Andrew Addison
Dylan Registe Lisburn City SC Stan Sheppard
Erin Riordan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Shane Ryan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
John Shortt National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Oisin Tebite National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Ellen Walshe Templeogue SC Brian Sweeney
Daniel Wiffen Loughborough University Andi Manley
Nathan Wiffen Loughborough University Andi Manley
2024 World Aquatics Championships (50m), Doha, Qatar - Swimming
Name Home Programme Home Coach
Victoria Catterson National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Grace Davison Ards SC Curtis Coulter
Tom Fannon National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Conor Ferguson Loughborough University Ian Hulme
Maria Godden National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Darragh Greene National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Max McCusker Millfield School Ryan Livingstone
Mona McSharry University of Tennessee Matt Kredich
Erin Riordan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
Shane Ryan National Centre (Dublin) Steve Beckerleg
John Shortt National Centre (Limerick) John Szaranek
Daniel Wiffen Loughborough University Andi Manley
2024 World Aquatics Championships, Doha, Qatar - Diving
Name Home Programme Home Coach
Clare Cryan City of Sheffield Thomas Owens
Ciara McGing Ohio State University Justin Sochor
Jake Passmore City of Leeds Marc Holdsworth
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