Congratulations to Alex Murphy of UCD Swimming who will join Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon and Chris Bryan on the Irish team for the World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia this Summer following a 27.56 second winning swim in the 50m Breaststroke Final on the first day of competition at the Irish Open Swimming Championships at […]
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The Irish Open Swimming Championships will take place in the National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown from Thursday 30th April to Sunday 3rd May, with a host of Irish and International swimmers taking to the pool. Over 350 swimmers from 60 clubs including a contingent of 51 from the USA and 8 senior internationals from Denmark will
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Irish swimmers will take to the pool this weekend (Friday to Sunday) for the first National competition of 2015. The Dave McCullagh Memorial Meet, which will incorporate the Ulster International Meet, takes place at the Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex in County Down. Over 350 swimmers from 60 clubs including 10 foreign clubs will compete in
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Antoinette Neamt deservedly won the “Swimmer of the Meet” Award when she smashed the Irish Senior 1500m Freestyle Record on the final day of competition at the Irish Short Course Championships in Lisburn. Having set the previous record of 16:40.22 at the 2013 championships, Neamt knocked almost 8 seconds off that time to set a
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Olympic swimmer Barry Murphy went back to school today to share his experiences about the positive impact sport has had on his life with pupils at Drumcondra National Primary School. Having competed at the Olympic Games in 2012, won a European Bronze medal and World Cup Bronze medal in 2013 and broken numerous Irish national swimming records Barry
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Ireland’s Fiona Doyle finished 7th in the 50m Breaststroke Final on the last day of competition at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany. Doyle was ranked 6th going into the Final in a time of 31.30 seconds. However, the University of Calgary student was unable to match the time in the Final touching in 31.37
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Ireland’s Barry Murphy has advanced to the European Championships 50m Breaststroke semi-finals on the fifth day of competition at the Europa-Sportpark in Berlin, Germany. Murphy posted a time of 28.01 to finish 5th in his heat and 14th overall to secure his place in the last 16. Speaking after the race, Murphy who trains at
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Congratulations to 16 year old swimmer Dearbhail McNamara (Castlebar SC) finished in 10th place overall this morning in the Nanjing 2014 women’s 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:34:39. The top eight qualified for the final. All qualifying times below: http://www.nanjing2014.org/en/en_sports/GamestimeResults.htm
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Sycerika McMahon and Fiona Doyle both missed out on making the top 16 in the women’s 200 metres breaststroke at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin this morning. McMahon was seventh in her heat in a time of 2:31.81, with Doyle also seventh in 2:32.23. Doyle and McMahon made semi-finals in other events during the week, and although
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Calum Bain finished second in heat 1 of the Men’s 100m Freestyle but unfortunately did not qualify for the semi finals. Calum’s time of 52.51 placed him 29th overall. http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/SW/YO2014_SW_C73A1_SWM011901.pdf
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Team Ireland swimming results from todays session in Nanjing as follow: Calum Bain was placed 27th overall following todays heats in the Men’s 50m Butterfly in a time of 25.69. Laoise Fleming was placed 37th overall following the heats in the Women’s 50m Backstroke in a time of 31.64. Summary – Men’s 50m Butterfly – Heats Rank Name
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Irish swimmers got their Youth Olympic competition underway this morning at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre. Calum Bain was just .01 off the semi-finals in the 50Free with a time 23.57, finishing 17th overall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvhBtNUfD8 Watch Calum Bain 50m freestyle heat at 41-50 into the highlights Laoise Fleming 200Backstroke recorded a time of 2:21.89, and Derabhail McNamara 1:13.79
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