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Ireland\u2019s Nicola Tuthill. Photograph: Morgan Treacy\/Inpho <\/p>\nEuropean swimming championships<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 200m backstroke final: John Shortt finishes 7th<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry finishes 2nd<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 200m breaststroke: Jack Kelly qualifies for final, Eoin Corby misses out<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 50m backstroke: Danielle Hill qualifies for final.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 400IM final: Ellen Walshe wins gold medal<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 800m freestyle final: Daniel Wiffen finished fourth<\/p>\n
European athletics championships<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 200m semi-finals: Rhasidat Adeleke through to final after winning semi-final, Lauren Roy misses out.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s hammer: Nicola Tuthill in fifth place currently.<\/p>\n
Nicola Tuthill finishes fifth in the hammer, done herself proud.<\/p>\n
Ireland\u2019s Nicola Tuthill. Photograph: Morgan Treacy\/Inpho <\/p>\n
Nicola Tuthill has thrown 70.30 in the hammer final and is in fifth, pretty good performance so far, but behind Kosonen who has thrown over 76 metres.<\/p>\n
Adeleke on RT\u00c9 looks delighted: \u201cI felt good. I think it\u2019s just having fun and enjoying the process has really brought me down to earth. I\u2019m taking everything on my stride. I\u2019m not allowing the pressure to consume me, I\u2019m allowing it to fuel me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t raced that much this year. Getting the rounds in is important, it\u2019s just a case of believing in it, believing who I am. Sometimes when you\u2019re down, you forget who you are. Believing you can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Rhasidat Adeleke of Team Ireland looks on after competing in the women’s 200 metres semi-finals. Photograph: Julian Finney\/Getty ![\"Ireland’s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4F572ATOP42AYRJ5XIGGB2UESA.jpg\")
Ireland\u2019s Rhasidat Adeleke celebrates winning her semi-final. Photograph: Morgan Treacy\/Inpho <\/p>\n
Here is Adeleke\u2019s run:<\/p>\n
Great start by Adeleke and she does a great turn and she wins the semi-final with 22.43! Brilliant run. Adeleke is the second fastest qualifier for the final behind Amy Hunt. Wow, that will build hype for the 200m final for sure.<\/p>\n
Adeleke is in this semi-final, needing to run under 23 seconds to have a chance of making the final. PB of 22.34, season best of 22.80. 400m usually her best event, but opting for 200m this time.<\/p>\n
Lauren Roy is up now, in lane four. With Amy Hunt in this semi-final.<\/p>\n
Brilliant start by Roy but fades, she hangs on fairly well though. Hunt wins in 22.37, then Bestu\u00e9 in 22.69, Takacs in 22.77, Roy is fourth in 23.16. She won\u2019t make the final, but a good effort in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
Next up we have athletics, the 200m women\u2019s semi-finals. Adeleke and Roy are competing. Nicola Tuthill is competing in the women\u2019s hammer final tonight also.<\/p>\n
The first semi-final there are no Irish competing, but we\u2019ll keep an eye out on the times for fastest loser.<\/p>\n
Dinah Asher-Sith wins it in 22.49, Joseph is 22.68 in second. Kaddari is 22.96, Emmanouildou in fourth is over 23 seconds, so that is achievable to beat that.<\/p>\n
Some images of Ellen Walshe winning:<\/p>\n
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Gold medallist Ireland’s Ellen Walshe (C), silver medallist Britain’s Amalie Smith (L0 and bronze medallist Poland’s Justina Anna Kozan (R) pose on the podium. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP via Getty ![\"Ireland's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V4725IBEP2IAYGLZNPPBX5ABIU.jpg\")
Ireland’s Ellen Walshe poses with her gold medal. Photograph: Julien De Rosa\/AFP via Getty ![\"Ireland's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SCTMCYYK2FVLKAMSETVUC2B734.jpg\")
Ireland’s Ellen Walshe celebrates winning the final. Photograph: Sebastien Bozon\/AFP via Getty <\/p>\n
Here is Michael Scully\u2019s report<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ellen Walshe heads for the podium, the Templeogue woman basks in her achievement and Amhr\u00e1n na bhFiann plays. Great moment.<\/p>\n Daniel Wiffen on RT\u00c9: \u201cI\u2019m actually really happy with that, another season\u2019s best in the 800m from the heats. I didn\u2019t think I was even going to get in the final, the 1,500m is the focus. Go 5 seconds faster than the Commonwealth a week ago. Over the moon, I\u2019m so happy to be back in Ireland. It\u2019s my 13th week back in Ireland and I\u2019ve dropped 15 seconds, so pretty happy.\u201d<\/p>\n Ellen Walshe on RT\u00c9 after gold medal: \u201cI tried to stick with what I know, on the backstroke my legs were really hurting, on the breaststroke I thought I\u2019m just gonna close my eyes and hope for the best. On the freestyle, it\u2019s anyone game.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s my first long course senior medal, to get the gold is huge and I\u2019m looking forward to standing on the podium tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n Daniel Wiffen finishes 4th!<\/p>\n Wiffen swims 7.43.30 in the final, as Liebmann wins with a championship record 7:37.59. Schwarz finishes well to finish second in 7:41.16, as Sarkany swims 7:41.75 for third.<\/p>\n Wiffen is 1.75 metres behind Schwarz at 600 metres.<\/p>\n 100 metres to go, Liebmann is way ahead, Wiffen is still more than 2 metres behind third, seems unlikely he will get a medal.<\/p>\n At the halfway point, Wiffen is fourth, Liebmann leads just by Sarkany, Schwarz in third. Wiffen is clearly in fourth but a bit back from third. Wiffen is keeping in touch though, with a strong finish he could catch Schwarz at least.<\/p>\n No time between the events to take it in, the men\u2019s 800m freestyle final including Daniel Wiffen is already started.<\/p>\n The start list:<\/p>\n Carlos Garach BenitoDimitrios MarkosDaniel WiffenJohannes LiebmannZalan SarkanySven SchwarzLuca de TullioKristof Rasovszky<\/p>\n Walshe is chasing it, now on the freestyle, it\u2019s a great battle with Smith, well ahead of Kozan. Can she do it?<\/p>\n Great final 50 metres… Ellen Walsh has won the gold medal!<\/p>\n 4:34.42 time, national record. Amalie Smith was second, Justina Kozan in third.<\/p>\n Walshe going well, second through 250 metres, challenging Smith for the lead!<\/p>\n Mona McSharry is out for the medal ceremony. She\u2019s presented her silver medal, well done Mona!<\/p>\n Next up is Ellen Walsh in the women\u2019s 400m individual medley final<\/p>\n Anastasia GorbenkoGiada AlzettaVivien JacklJustina Anna KozanAmalie SmithAlba Vazquez RuizEllen WalsheAnna Pirovano<\/p>\n Danielle Hill makes the 50m backstroke final!<\/p>\n Hill just sneaks in after finishing 5th in a fast race, which was won with a stunning world record! Sara Curtis from Italy swam 26.63 to break the record. 27.85 for Hill.<\/p>\n Mona McSharry on RT\u00c9: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s really sunk in yet. Pilato ahead of me pushed first, I know she goes out fast, I knew I had to go. It\u2019s just a case of trusting the process and it came off. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a case of dissecting and figuring out what to do with my coach, in breaststroke that isn\u2019t always swimming harder. It can be really hard in the heat of the moment if you let the nerves take over. Sometimes you think you need to go, but you have to just stick to your guns and it paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack Kelly qualifies for the 200m breaststroke final!<\/p>\n Great swim by Kelly in a fast semi-final and sets a new Irish record of 2:09.23. He led within the last 50 metres before fading to fourth but it was enough to make the final. Sadly Eoin Corby just missed out by a few tenths of a second.<\/p>\n Now two Irish racing in the men\u2019s 200m breaststroke semi-finals. Eoin Corby and Jack Kelly.<\/p>\n It was a national record for McSharry, even faster than her 1:05.59 in the Olympics two years ago. Excellent performance. It\u2019s her first European long course record, to add to her varied medal collection.<\/p>\n Good start by McSharry, and leads after 30 metres, before just falling to second after 50 behind Pilato.<\/p>\n Evans comes strong and it\u2019s between those three…<\/p>\n Silver medal for McSharry!<\/p>\n Championship record for Evans to beat McSharry. Fought hard to try to get the gold, but just edged past Pilato. McSharry swam 1.05.41, Evans swimming 1.04.76. 1:05.89 for the Italian Pilato to win bronze.<\/p>\n Romania\u2019s David Popovici wins a thrilling 100m freestyle final as Mona McSharry is out next.<\/p>\n Here is the start list for the women\u2019s 100m breaststroke final:<\/p>\n Tes SchoutenAnna ElendtEneli JefimovaAngharad EvansMona McSharryBenedetta PilatoEvgeniia ChikunovaLisa Angiolini<\/p>\n Shortt didn\u2019t quite hit his Irish record level, but would have had to have made a considerable improvement on that to get a medal in what was a quick race. Mona McSharry is up next of the Irish.<\/p>\n John Shortt finishes 7th<\/p>\n Shortt went out fasters than usual but couldn\u2019t maintain it to sneak a bronze medal. The dominant Hungarian Kos, who has a Cork father, won with 1:53.08, just short of the world record he was seeking.<\/p>\n Shortt swims 1:55.86. Greece\u2019s Apostolos Siskos was second with 1:53.81 and Thomas Ceccon was third with 1.53.96.<\/p>\n Shortt goes out in sixth for the first 50m, Kos well ahead, and indeed ahead of world record line after 100m. Shortt going well, usually a strong finisher.<\/p>\n John Shortt is out in the pool. Here is the start list for the men\u2019s 200m backstroke final:<\/p>\n Hugo Gonzalez de OliveiraJohn ShorttJan CejkaHubert KosApostolos SiskosRoman MityukovFlavio BuccaThomas Ceccon<\/p>\n First up are the women\u2019s 200m freestyle semi-finals, no Irish involved there though. John Shortt then racing at 5.40pm.<\/p>\n Here is Michael Scully\u2019s report from earlier, when Ellen Walshe secured her place in the 400m individual medley final in Paris.<\/p>\n Walshe, who won European gold in 2022, was sixth overall in terms of time with 4:41.76 in the first semi-final and that was enough for second place. Her final starts at 6.54pm.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be into a final tonight,\u201d said the 24-year-old. \u201cIt is going to be a stacked final tonight, so we\u2019ll have to see how we play it.\u201d<\/p>\n [\u00a0Ellen Walshe secures place in 400 individual medley final in ParisOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to live coverage of swimming and athletics this evening where there is a chance of medals in the pool, while Rhasidat Adeleke<\/a> and Lauren Roy will try to make the 200m final on the track.<\/p>\n Olympic medallists Mona McSharry<\/a> and Daniel Wiffen<\/a> will lead the Irish charge for European medals in particular, with McSharry qualifying in second and Wiffen qualifying in third for their events. First up is world junior champion John Shortt, the 19-year-old is capable of great things and he\u2019ll race in the 200m backstroke final at 5.40pm.<\/p>\n European swimming championships:<\/p>\n 5.40pm: Men\u2019s 200m backstroke final: John Shortt<\/p>\n 5.58pm: Women\u2019s 100m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry<\/p>\n 6.54pm: Women\u2019s 400IM final: Ellen Walshe<\/p>\n 7.03pm: Men\u2019s 800m freestyle final: Daniel Wiffen<\/p>\n European athletics championships:<\/p>\n 8.20pm: Women\u2019s 200m semi-finals: Rhasidat Adeleke, Lauren Roy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European swimming championships Men\u2019s 200m backstroke final: John Shortt finishes 7th Women\u2019s 100m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry finishes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[41544,163615,61,60,98096,14329,112,13675],"class_list":["post-591294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-daniel-wiffen","tag-european-athletics-championships","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mona-mcsharry","tag-rhasidat-adeleke","tag-sports","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ireland's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DE7ZPN2CKFAUJPFV6QTS7KFPWE.jpg\")
Ireland’s Ellen Walshe won the gold medal. Photograph: Bryan Keane\/Inpho <\/p>\n![\"Ireland’s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PJKDKGN6GJGOBBCLK2EXBP5ARY.jpg\")
Ireland\u2019s Mona Mc Sharry in action. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho <\/p>\n![\"Ireland’s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ATBS3WPZA4ON5J2VNMM6AQL4HE.jpg\")
Ireland\u2019s Jack Kelly. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho <\/p>\n![\"Ireland’s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BWWS6EK4ROML7JAKRWPH5KVIXE.jpg\")
Ireland\u2019s John Shortt in the pool in Paris. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho <\/p>\n