Tom Fannon produced Ireland’s best result on a low-key sixth day of the World Aquatics Championships in Japan, finishing 20th in the 50m freestyle.Fannon, who holds the Irish record of 21.95 seconds in the event, was just outside the semi-final places on his senior international debut, missing out by .08, finishing in 22.13.The National Centre Dublin swimmer, who was hoping to achieve the Olympic Qualification time of 21.96 this morning, spoke after his race."It was OK, I’m extremely disappointed I won’t lie, I felt like the preparation for this has been the best preparation I’ve ever had going into a meet."At the start of the week, I was extremely fast in training, it felt fast in the water as well and I think that’s why I’m more upset because it felt so good.
You have to swim the 50 perfectly, it has to be the perfect race, I felt like I did a good job, but not quite where I need to be at."Danielle Hill continued a busy week with the heats of the 50m butterfly.
The Larne swimmer finished second in her heat and 30th overall in 26.90."I’m actually really happy to dip under 27 (seconds), I think that’s my fastest ever morning swim and so yes a massive positive for me as stepping up in the morning is never easy for me; it’s something that I’m learning, unfortunately learning the hard way, but still learning, so yes I’m happy."It’s a nice warm up, hopefully do something nice tomorrow (50m freestyle) and then finish off with the girls on Sunday (4x100m medley relay)."In the 100m butterfly, Max McCusker made his championship debut clocking 53.46, his fourth fastest time ever and was 40th overall.Tomorrow, on the penultimate day of racing at the World Championships, finalists and Olympic qualifiers Daniel Wiffen and Mona