Irish swimmers will take to the pool this weekend (Friday to Sunday) for the first National Competition of 2013. The Dave McCullagh Memorial Meet, which is taking place at the University Arena, Limerick, is the first chance of qualification for swimmers for European and World Championships coming up this Summer. The FINA Swimming World Championships […]
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Swim Ireland, in conjunction with the University of Limerick, have appointed Lars Humer as the new Head Coach at the High Performance Centre at the University Arena. Humer will take up his new position on Monday next 14th January 2013. Originally from New Zealand, where he competed as a swimmer before becoming a coach, Humer
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Irish Swimmer Melanie Nocher has retired from international competition. Melanie competed for Team Ireland at the European Youth Olympics 2001 , and the Olympic Games 2008, and 2012. The Olympic Council wish Melanie every success in the future.
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Ireland’s swimmers have set a total of 21 National Records at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France. “It has been a hugely successful championship for the Irish team” commented Swim Ireland’s High Performance Director Peter Banks. We are delighted with the way the whole team performed, Sycerika and Barry led the way
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Ireland’s Sycerika McMahon won a bronze medal in the 50m Breaststroke at the European short course swimming championships in Chartres, France last night. In three races from the heats, the 17-year-old set as many Irish records, culminating in a time of 30.34 seconds and a third-place finish behind Czech Republic’s Petra Chocova (30.02) and Rikke Pederson (30.25)
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Olympians Barry Murphy (Aer Lingus SC & NAC HPC) and Sycerika McMahon (Leander ASC) will lead Ireland’s team of ten swimmers to compete at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France this week. The event taking place in L’Odyssée will see 38 European Federations compete across four days of competition from the 22nd
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Barry Murphy was the first Irish swimmer in the pool at the London Olympics when he contested this morning’s heats of the 100m breaststroke but there was disappointment for the Dubliner as he exited the competition, finishing eighth. The 26-year-old’s time of 1:01.57 was his second-fastest ever in the event but it was not enough
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Ireland’s Chris Bryan came agonisingly close to Olympic qualification today at the FINA Open Water 10K Marathon in Setubal, Portugal. The Ennis swimmer finished in 15th position overall in 1:46:30.7 behind Hungarian Csaba Gercsak who also touched in 1:46:30.7. However, the Hungarian was placed ahead of Bryan in 14th place by a photo finish and
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Sycerika McMahon won a silver medal on the final day of competition at the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, yesterday. The Portaferry teenager completed the 50 metre breaststroke final in a time of 31.27 seconds – just missing out on gold by two-hundreths of a second. The race was won by the Cezch Republic’s Petra
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Congratulations to Irish swimmer Sycerika McMahon (17) who has qualified for the Olympics at the European Swimming Championships this morning in Debrecen, Hungary. Sycerika finished second in her heat, her time of 1:08.37 and is the third fastest qualified into the semi-final. Sycerika McMahon is joined in the semi-final by Fiona Doyle who finished
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Swim Ireland have announced their team for the 2012 European Senior Swimming Championships taking place in Debrecen, Hungary from 21-28 May. The seven strong squad will travel to the competition with hopes of achieving qualification for the summer Olympic Games in London, in their individual events as well as in the women’s 4x200m Freestyle relay
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Peter Bank’s High performance swimmers will be bidding for Olympic qualification at the National Swimming Championships which begin today at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. In particular rising star Sycericka McMahon and Beijing Olympian Mel Nocher will aim to secure their spots at the London Games alongside Gráinne Murphy and Barry Murphy, who secured
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