JOHN SHORTT SECURED a bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke final at the World Aquatics Junior Championships in Romania.
On the same day the 18-year-old from Galway received his Leaving Cert results, the newly-crowned world junior 100m Backstroke champion clocked 25.06 in lane one to win his second medal of the week.
There was a joint-gold in a time of 24.91.
𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘 for John Shortt and Ireland!
John Shortt strikes bronze in the 50m Backstroke World Junior Final out in lane 1 💨
The Galway man clocked 25.06 to win his second World Junior Championship medal of the week 🥉
Shortt had earned his place in the final after swimming 25.60 in yesterday morning’s heats before producing a lifetime best of 25.36 in seventh place overall.
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John Shortt wins 50m Backstroke bronze at World Championships on same day as Leaving Cert results
JOHN SHORTT SECURED a bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke final at the World Aquatics Junior Championships in Romania.
On the same day the 18-year-old from Galway received his Leaving Cert results, the newly-crowned world junior 100m Backstroke champion clocked 25.06 in lane one to win his second medal of the week.
There was a joint-gold in a time of 24.91.
Shortt had earned his place in the final after swimming 25.60 in yesterday morning’s heats before producing a lifetime best of 25.36 in seventh place overall.
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