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
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