Two Irish swimmers make 200m breaststroke final
Mona McSharry and Ellie McCartney have qualified for the 200 metres breaststroke final at the European swimming championships.
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Marchand still the home hero in Paris as new record breakers emerge
PARIS, Aug 17 : Leon Marchand remained the home hero two years on from the Paris Olympics but swimming's European championships, which ended at the weekend, saw the emergence of new world record breakers to challenge the Americans and Australians.
Pallister hands Ledecky her first international 800 free loss - ESPN
IRVINE, Calif. — Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night.
Germany's Liebmann smashes 1500m world record
PARIS, Aug 15 : Germany's Johannes Liebmann smashed the world record for the men's 1500 metres at the European Aquatics Championships on Saturday, knocking almost four seconds off the previous record in a dominant display.
Lani Pallister stuns Katie Ledecky with her first international 800 free loss at Pan Pacs
IRVINE: Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night. Pallister was under world-record pace for much of the race and touched in 8 minutes, 6.10 seconds to erase Ledecky’s championship record from 2018. Ledecky took silver in 8:07.26. She is the four-time Olympic champion in her signature event.
Summer McIntosh edged by 0.02 seconds in 200m medley, earns silver for 4th medal of Pan Pacs
Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh was out-touched for gold by 0.02 seconds in the women’s 200-metre individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Saturday.
Douglass sets 50m freestyle world record at Pan Pacific
Aug 15 : American Kate Douglass reclaimed the women's 50 metres freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49 seconds in the preliminaries at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California.
Canadian Ruck wins 4th and 5th medals of Pan Pacs; McIntosh 'mad' at missing 400m freestyle final
The Pan Pacific championships saw Canadian swimmers Taylor Ruck and Summer McIntosh experience two very different outcomes on Friday night in Irvine, Calif.
Mona McSharry claims bronze medal in 200m breaststroke final
Mona McSharry says it was a "bit of a relief" to hold on for a bronze medal at the European Aquatics Championships.