{"id":593701,"date":"2026-08-15T03:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:58:10","slug":"european-athletics-and-swimming-championships-complete-guide-to-the-irish-in-action-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593701\/","title":{"rendered":"European Athletics and Swimming Championships: Complete guide to the Irish in action \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Athletics Championships<\/a> are taking place this week in Birmingham while the European Aquatics Championships are being held in Paris<\/a>. Below is a day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes taking part at both meets, which we will update each day with results and progression information. You can watch live coverage of both championships on RT\u00c92 and the RT\u00c9<\/a> Player.<\/p>\n

Medal count<\/p>\n

Gold x2: Ellen Walshe (Women\u2019s 400m individual medley); Mark English (Men\u2019s 800m)<\/p>\n

Silver x2: Mona McSharry (Women\u2019s 100m breaststroke); Rhasidat Adeleke (Women\u2019s 200m)<\/p>\n

Bronze x1: Mona McSharry (Women\u2019s 200m breaststroke)<\/p>\n

*Denotes events in which Irish athletes are yet to secure qualification<\/p>\n

Day five (Friday, August 14th)<\/p>\n

Athletics<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, 100m hurdles: Kate O\u2019Connor (11th; 11th overall)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 4x400m relay heats: Andrew Egan, Jack Raftery, Joe Doody, Sean Doggett (10th; did not progress)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, high jump: Kate O\u2019Connor (Joint-1st; 2nd overall)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 4x400m relay heats: Sophie Becker, Jenna Breen, Cliodhna Manning, Arlene Crossan (15th; DNP)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 1,500m heats: Andrew Coscoran (15th; qualified for final), Cathal Doyle (31st; DNP)<\/p>\n

Evening session<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, shot put: Kate O\u2019Connor (11th; 2nd overall)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 10,000m: Fiona Everard (20th), Niamh Allen (DNF)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, 200m: Kate O\u2019Connor (10th; 3rd overall)<\/p>\n

Swimming<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 50m freestyle heats: Rosalie Phelan (30th; DNP)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 50m breaststroke heats: Jack Kelly (22nd; DNP), Darragh Greene (30th; DNP), Adam Bradley (48th; DNP), Eoin Corby (52nd; DNP)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 100m backstroke heats: Danielle Hill (14th; qualified for semi-finals), Grace Davison (15th; qualified for semi-finals), Lottie Cullen (17th; DNP due to two-athlete-per-nation rule)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 200m butterfly heats: Jack Cassin (16th; qualified for semi-finals), Liam Custer (34th; DNP)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200m IM heats: Ellen Walshe (2nd; qualified for semi-finals), Ellie McCartney (12th; qualified for semi-finals)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 1,500m freestyle heats: Daniel Wiffen (6th; qualified for final) , Nathan Wiffen (15th; DNP)<\/p>\n

Evening session<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry (3rd), Ellie McCartney (8th)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 100m backstroke semi-finals: Grace Davison (15th; DNP), Danielle Hill (16th; DNP)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 200m butterfly semi-finals: Jack Cassin (16th; DNP)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200m IM semi-finals: Ellen Walshe (7th; qualified for final), Ellie McCartney (12th; DNP)<\/p>\n

\"EllenEllen Walshe will be in action in the 200m IM semi-finals on Friday evening having won gold in the 400m IM earlier in the week. Photograph: Bryan Keane\/Inpho Day six (Saturday, August 15th)<\/p>\n

Athletics<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s half-marathon race walk: David Kenny, Oisin Lane (7.30am)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, long jump: Kate O\u2019Connor (10.25am)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, javelin: Kate O\u2019Connor (11.55am)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 1,500m heats: Sarah Healy, Sophie O\u2019Sullivan, Jodie McCann (12.15pm)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 4x100m relay heats: Team TBC \u2013 Katie Bergin, Sarah Leahy, Ciara Neville, Mollie O\u2019Reilly, Lauren Roy, Molly Scott, Lucy-May Sleeman (12.40pm)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 4x100m relay heats: Sean Aigboboh, Toluwabori Akinola, Dubem Amah, Lucas Fadden, Marcus Lawler, Ryan Mulholland, Israel Olatunde, Mark Smyth (1pm)<\/p>\n

Evening session<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s heptathlon, 800m: Kate O\u2019Connor (7.45pm)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 10,000m: Jack O\u2019Leary (8.25pm)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 1,500m final: Andrew Coscoran (9.07pm)<\/p>\n

Swimming<\/p>\n

Morning session (8.30am-10.18am)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 50m freestyle heats: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200m butterfly heats: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 100m backstroke heats: John Shortt<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 50m breaststroke heats: Mona McSharry<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 200m IM heats: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer<\/p>\n

Evening session<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200m IM final: Ellen Walshe (5.47pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 50m freestyle semi-finals: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton (5.54pm)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 1,500m freestyle final: Daniel Wiffen (6.20pm)<\/p>\n

*Women\u2019s 50m breaststroke semi-finals: Mona McSharry (7.01pm)<\/p>\n

*Women\u2019s 200m butterfly semi-finals: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin (7.52pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 200m IM semi-finals: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer (8.02pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 100m backstroke semi-finals: John Shortt (8.18pm)<\/p>\n

Day seven (Sunday, August 16th)<\/p>\n

Athletics<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s marathon: Fionnuala McCormack (7.30am)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s marathon: Paul O\u2019Donnell, Ryan Creech, David McGlynn (8.10am)<\/p>\n

Evening session<\/p>\n

*Women\u2019s 1,500m final: Sarah Healy, Sophie O\u2019Sullivan, Jodie McCann (9.13pm)<\/p>\n

Swimming<\/p>\n

Morning session (8.30am-10.08am)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 400m freestyle heats: Denis O\u2019Brien, Cormac Rynn, Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 4x100m medley relay heats<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 4x100m medley relay heats<\/p>\n

Evening session<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 50m freestyle final: Tom Fannon, Matthew Hamilton (5.30pm)<\/p>\n

*Women\u2019s 50m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry (6.36pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 200m IM final: Jack Cassin, Jacob Armon, Liam Custer (6.40pm)<\/p>\n

*Women\u2019s 200m butterfly final: Ellen Walshe, Alana Burns-Atkin (6.47pm)<\/p>\n

*Women\u2019s 4x100m medley relay final (7.02pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 100m backstroke final: John Shortt (7.06pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 400m freestyle final: Denis O\u2019Brien, Cormac Rynn, Daniel Wiffen, Nathan Wiffen (7.21pm)<\/p>\n

*Men\u2019s 4x100m medley relay final (8.11pm)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Athletics Championships are taking place this week in Birmingham while the European Aquatics Championships are being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[20482,41544,94939,61177,163615,61,60,41543,14940,14938,161451,14329,14939,20483,166473,112],"class_list":["post-593701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-andrew-coscoran","tag-daniel-wiffen","tag-ellen-walshe","tag-european-championship","tag-european-athletics-championships","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-john-shortt","tag-kate-o-connor","tag-mark-english","tag-nick-griggs","tag-rhasidat-adeleke","tag-sarah-healy","tag-sarah-lavin","tag-sophie-becker","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593701","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=593701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}