The 11th edition of the Para Swimming
World Championships kicks off at the Manchester Aquatics Centre tomorrow, July
31st and will run until August 6th. Manchester 2023 will be the third time the
World Championships have taken place in Great Britain following London in 2019
and Glasgow in 2015.
The championships will be the first
chance for team Ireland to qualify slots for Paris 2024, which is just over one
year away. A gold or silver medal by any of the athletes will guarantee a slot
for the team at next summer’s Paralympic Games.
The team is made up of four
Paralympians and one new Irish para swimmer. Ellen Keane, Nicole Turner, Roisin
Ni Riain and Barry McClements are joined by newcomer Dearbhaile Brady to make
up the five strong Irish team.
Speaking about the championships,
Para Swimming Performance Director, Dave Malone said, “Preparations have gone
really well. We’ve had a tight schedule since Tokyo 2021 and the world
championships last year in Madeira so it just seems like a really tight
turnaround. This is an important week for us because it’s how we start the
qualification process for Paris and all our performances here are vital in
terms of securing as many slots as possible for the games.”
Commenting on the depth of experience
in the team along with debutant Derbhaile Brady he said, “There’s great
experience across this team because we’ve always had a number of athletes that
have tremendous careers across multiple games. As we go through that we have
new athletes coming through all the time and it’s great to see another young
athlete has stepped up into that space now.
This will be Dearbhaile’s first ever
major championship. World championships for her is all about experience and
being like a sponge trying to soak it all up and we’ll try to make the
experience as positive as possible, and I think having more experienced
athletes on the team only aides us in that development of our younger
athletes.”
For full interview with Dave Malone
click here. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paralympics-ireland/episodes/2023-Para-Swimming-World-Championships-Preview-with-Dave-Malone-e27ir34
The Manchester 2023 Allianz Para
Swimming World Championships will be streamed live on the Para Swimming
website, Facebook Page and Paralympic Games YouTube Channel.
Find out more about where to watch
here. https://www.paralympic.org/news/manchester-2023-where-watch
Full Schedule and live results here. https://www.paralympic.org/manchester-2023/schedule-and-results
Schedule (by athlete) Below:
Roisin Ni Riain
Day 1 (July 31): 100m Butterfly Final
/ Time: 18:02
Day 2 (Aug 1): 100m Breaststroke
Final
Day 4 (Aug 3): 100m Backstroke Final
Day 6 (Aug 5): 400m Freestyle Heat
Day 7 (Aug 6): 200m IM Heat
Nicole Turner
Day 3 (Aug 2): 200m IM Final
Day 5 (Aug 4): 50m Freestyle Heat
Day 6 (Aug 5): 100m Breaststroke
Final
Day 7 (Aug 6): 50m Butterfly Final
Barry McClements
Day 3 (Aug 2): 100m Butterfly Final
Day 5 (Aug 4): 400m Freestyle Heat
Day 6 (Aug 5): 100m Backstroke Heat
Ellen Keane
Day 7 (Aug 6): 100m Butterfly Final
Dearbhaile Brady
Day 7 (Aug 6): 50m Butterfly Final
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