Ireland's Daniel Wiffen has finished in eight place in the men's 800m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The Tokyo Olympian had progressed in fifth place from yesterday’s heats in a new national record time of 7:46.32, smashing his previous best of 7:50.74.
In today's final, 20-year-old Wiffen swam his second-best time ever of 7:50.63 in a stacked decider that included multiple Olympic, World and European medallists.
The race was won by Olympic Champion Bobby Finke of the USA in an American record of 7:39.36, while Germany’s Florian Wellbrock took silver in 7:39.63 and Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk bronze in 7:40.05.
Wiffen, from Magheralin, Co Down, returns to the pool Friday for the heats of the 1500m freestyle.
Next up for Ireland is Calum Bain, who swims the 50m freestyle heats on Thursday morning.
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