Day 3 of the Swimming Championships in Budapest saw the Irish swimmers hit their stride with another 4 medals, 2 Irish records and 1 championship record 400IM, 200m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly were on the menu on Wednesday 400IM served as a challenging starter for 2 hardy swimmers; Rob Genest and Helena Mc Grath. Genest admitted he struggled through parts of the race and was just relieved to get to the end, but still managed to place in a respectable […]
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As the sun continues to shine in Budapest the Irish team grew significantly on Tuesday with 24 swimmers competing across 2 arenas in 4 swimming pools. With FINA presenting medals to the top 6 swimmers in each age group so there were plenty of opportunities for swimmers to make a podium appearance. 200m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke were the events of the day, with 4 swimmers competing in the 200m Backstroke. Dymphna Morris finished best of the […]
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FINA World Masters Championships commenced on Monday 7th August in Budapest with a multi event schedule covering all aquatic disciplines over a 2 week program. 54 Irish athletes are competing across 3 disciplines – water polo, open water swimming and swimming. Donegal Diamonds women’s team were the sole representatives in the water polo and they were in the pool each day during the first week with 6 matches in the pool. The 10-person team collected a bronze medal on Sunday […]
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After an extensive search and recruitment process, Swim Ireland and National Performance Director Jon Rudd are delighted to announce the appointment of the latest member of their exciting and vibrant Performance team, that of Ben Higson as National Senior Team Head Coach and Head Coach of the National Centre (Dublin). In the appointments of Rudd and Higson, Swim Ireland separate the Performance Director and Head Coach roles for the first time, a keystone within the new Swim Ireland Performance Strategy. […]
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The HPX conference is run by the Sport Ireland Institute and Sport Ireland Coaching, and will bring together some of the world’s leaders in the area of High Performance Sport where the focus will be on “Lessons Learned from High Performance Sport: The 2020 Evolution”. This is the third HPX Knowledge Exchange Conference, and it will be Ireland’s largest gathering of High Performance sports professionals this year. HPX will bring people together to really capture the lessons learned from the […]
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Ireland’s 400m Medley Relay ended the FINA World Championships on a high today with a new Irish Senior Record and a top 16 finish. Shane Ryan, Nicholas Quinn, Brendan Hyland and Jordan Sloan combined for a time of 3:36.61, breaking the record of 3:37.47 that Ryan, Quinn, Hyland and Curtis Coulter had set in the final of the event at the 2016 European Championships. Today’s position leaves Ireland in a good place in the first year of the new Olympic […]
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Irish swimmers had a great final morning in the pool at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Gyor. Ireland’s Medley Relay set a new Irish Junior Record while Sean Scannell advances to Irelands first final in the pool in the 200m Backstroke. Scannell was Ireland’s first swimmer in action this morning, the Kilkenny swimmer put in a fantastic performance, he was just one hundredth of a second off his best time finishing fourth in his heat in 2:06.45 and progressing […]
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Nicholas Quinn cemented his place in the World top 20 and Conor Ferguson was an impressive 21st at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest today. Quinn swam his third fastest 200m Breaststroke ever and a season best, only outside of his Rio qualification race (2:11.24) and heat win at the Games (2:11.67), the Castlebar man touched in 2:12.15 for 7th in his heat and 20th overall. Speaking after the race Quinn commented “It was a good swim, a season’s best, […]
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Jordan Sloan was Ireland’s only swimmer in action as the FINA World Swimming Championships continued at the Duna Arena in Budapest today. Sloan swam a very impressive 49.66 seconds to finish 6th in his heat and was just two hundredths of a second off his Irish Senior Record (49.44). The Bangor swimmer had a nervy start to his championships in the 200m Freestyle earlier in the week but put that behind him for his second fastest 100m Freestyle swim ever […]
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25 Days to Go to 29th World University Games in Taipei City, Taiwan. Embracing the International University Sports Federation (FISU’s) motto of ‘Excellence in Mind and Body’, over 10,000 athletes will come together in Taipei, Taiwan to compete in some 300 medal events, across 21 sports at the 29th World University Games, 19-30 August 2017 and Student Sport Ireland (SSI) is delighted to announce the Team representing Ireland in Taipei who will compete with student athletes from all over the […]
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