200m Breaststroke Rio 2016 Olympian Nicholas Quinn reviews Mona’s performance here: https://youtu.be/YeBLTz9O6tk
Sligo’s Mona McSharry signed off her
Olympic debut campaign at Tokyo 2020 in impressive fashion on Wednesday with a
new Irish Senior Record of 2:25.08 in the 200m Breaststroke, knocking almost a
full second off the previous time she set in April of this year.
The 20-year-old, based at University
of Tennessee, led Heat 1 through the first 150m and was just touched out for
first on the final wall by Kristyna Horska from the Czech Republic.
After Heat 3, McSharry sat in 13th
place, with the top 16 going through to the semi-finals, but a fast final heat,
led home by Tatjana Schoenmaker in a new Olympic Record of 2:19.16, gave the
Team Ireland swimmer a final ranking of 20th.
McSharry had gone into the event
ranked 28th and only one day earlier had become Ireland’s first Olympic
swimming finalist in 25 years - finishing 8th overall in 100m Breaststroke.
McSharry said: “It felt really good.
I didn’t burn up. Sometimes you can swim a good 200m and it burns. and
sometimes it doesn’t. so I never really know what feels like a good time – so
to turn around and see a 2:25.08 and a new PB is amazing.
“This isn’t an event I am focusing on
at the moment, I definitely want to in the future, but to be able to just put
out times like that and put together a good race is really great. And if that’s
the way that ends this competition then I’m really happy with that.”
McSharry had also come close to a
personal best and new Irish Senior Record in 100m Breaststroke, swimming
1:06.39 in the heats on Sunday. Her Irish Senior Record is 1:06.29.
McSharry is the third Irish swimmer
to set a new Irish Senior Record at Tokyo 2020. On Wednesday Daniel Wiffen from
Magheralin posted 7:51.65 in 800m Freestyle to lower the Irish Senior Record he
set in April 2021.
Jack McMillan from Bangor in County
Down also set a new Irish Senior Record on Wednesday, leading off the Men's
4x200m Freestyle Relay with 1:46.66, which bettered the 200m Freestyle record
of 1:47.10 that he set in December 2020.
Team Ireland has three swimming and
two diving events left at Tokyo 2020, with Shane Ryan up next in 100m Butterfly
on Thursday, followed by Danielle Hill in 50m Freestyle and Daniel Wiffen in
1500m Freestyle on Friday.
Next week, Oliver Dingley becomes a
double Olympian when opening his Tokyo 2020 campaign in the 3m Springboard on
Monday. Then on Wednesday, Tanya Watson becomes Ireland first Olympic female
diver when beginning her 10m Platform competition.
Full results: Olympic Schedule &
Results - 28 Jul | Tokyo 2020 Olympics https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-07-28.htm#SWM-2021-07-28
Schedule, Thursday – July 29
11:49 Shane Ryan - 100m Butterfly
(Heat 1) – PB: 52.94
Jessica Lamb Communications Executive
Swim Ireland
Michael Phelps Teaches Swimming
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