James Brown has finished in 16th place overall in the semi-final of the 200m Individual Medley at the European Games in Baku.
Having swam a lifetime best in this morning’s heats of 2:06.55 the Ards SC swimmer was unable to match that time in the semi-final touching in 2:07.15.
Speaking after his swim, the 18 year old commented “I was delighted with this morning’s swim, my aim was to go under 2 minutes 7 seconds and I did that so I was really pleased. Unfortunately the race didn’t come together as well this afternoon and I got one of the turns wrong, I’ll go back and look at that and then move forward to my 100m Butterfly and 400m IM swims later this week”
Austria’s Sebastian Steffan will go into tomorrow’s 200m Individual Medley Final as the fastest seed in 2:01.92.
As Brown takes a rest day tomorrow before the 100m Butterfly on Friday nine other Irish swimmers return to the pool for day three heats. Backstroke specialists Danielle Hill and Iseult Hayes compete in the 50m event with Alan Corby and Rory McEvoy swimming the 200m.
Hill will make her second appearance of the day in the 200m Freestyle along with Rachel Bethel while 200m Butterfly semi-finalist Emma Reid is in the 100m Butterfly heats. Hill along with Bethel, Reid and Mona McSharry will combine for the 400m Medley Relay and Katie Baguley is back in the pool for her favoured event, the 1500m Freestyle.
Competition continues tomorrow to Saturday. Press releases will issue daily.
Day 2 – Finals
M 200m IM James Brown H 2:06.55 (18th) SF 2:07.15 (16th)
Day 3 Schedule
W 50m Backstroke Danielle Hill, Issie Hayes
M 50m Breaststroke Alan Corby, Andrew Moore
W 200m Freestyle Rachel Bethel, Danielle Hill
M 200m Backstroke Alan Corby, Rory McEvoy
W 100m Butterfly Emma Reid
W 4x100m Medley Ireland
W 1500m Freestyle Katie Baguley
Issued by Swim Ireland, whose athletes are supported and funded by the Irish Sports Council, Sport NI and the Olympic Council of Ireland.
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Media Contact: Trish Mayon Ph: +353 86 8094786
Earlier today………………………
Ireland’s James Brown has progressed to the semi-final in the 200m Individual Medley on the second day of competition at the European Games in the Baku Aquatics Centre.
Brown swam a new lifetime best in this morning’s heats of 2:06.55 knocking half of a second off his previous best of 2:07.02 set in March this year. The 18 year old finished 6th in his heat will be ranked 16th going into the semi-final, Austria’s Stefan Sebastian goes into the semi-finals as the top seed in 2:01.75.
The 200m IM semi-final will take place at 2:04pm (Ireland). Benjamin Doyle (2:08.10), Andrew Moore (2:09.79) and Alan Corby (2:10.75) also competed in the 200m Individual Medley this morning.
Katie Baguley of Glenalbyn SC was the first Irish swimmer in action today. Baguley swam a personal best time in the heats of the 400m Freestyle touching third in her heat in 4 minutes 37.15 seconds. The 15 year old will swim her main event, the 1500m Freestyle, tomorrow.
Mona McSharry was unlucky in not making the semi-final of the 200m Breaststroke. McSharry who finished 14th in the 50m Breaststroke semi-final yesterday touched in 2:37.87 with the last semi-final place going to Essi Maria Lillman of Greece in 2:37.54.Niamh Kilgallen was also competing in the 200m Breaststroke heats where she finished 28th overall in 2:41.17.
Day 2 – Heats Results
W 400m Freestyle Katie Baguley 4:37.15 43rd
W 200m Breaststroke Niamh Kilgallen 2:41.17 28th, Mona McSharry 2:37.87 19th
M 200m IM James Brown 2:06.55 18th, Andrew Moore 2:09.79 34th, Benjamin Doyle 2:08.10 27th, Alan Corby 2:10.75 38th.
Issued by Swim Ireland, whose athletes are supported and funded by the Irish Sports Council, Sport NI and the Olympic Council of Ireland.
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Media Contact: Trish Mayon Ph: +353 86 8094786
