IRELAND’S ELLIE MCCARTNEY and John Shortt have secured semi-final places in their main events, the 200m Breaststroke and 200m Backstroke respectively, as the World Aquatics Championships continued on Thursday morning.
The duo will join Ellen Walshe, who swims the 200m Butterfly Final, in action during the finals session on day five of racing in Singapore.
In the 200m Breaststroke, a strong showing from McCartney saw her third in her heat in 2:25.22, her fifth fastest swim of all time and the second fastest morning swim. The result saw McCartney, who has a best time of 2:24.02 from the Irish Trials in April, progress to the semi-final in eighth overall.
Speaking after the race, the National Centre Limerick swimmer reflected.
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“I’m over the moon. I think I take a lot of pride on the journey to get to the World Championships, I’ve dropped a lot of time in the 200m Breast(stroke) this year, made it my main event over the 200m IM.
“So being able to come here, having two A standard times, it’s something I take a bit of pride in and now to progress further to the semi-final, it’s just a happy ending to the long summer.”
John Shortt (file photo). James Crombie / INPHO
James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO
McCartney’s teammate in Limerick, John Shortt, was also in excellent form on Thursday, the 18-year -old swimming his second-best time ever in the 200m Backstroke clocking 1:56.98, just outside his Irish record 1:56.61.
The time saw the Galway man fourth in his heat and fourteenth overall to secure his place in the semi-final at his second consecutive World Championships.
“It’s such a long wait, during the week, you know, like I had the 100, which was really nice to get in and swim, but this is such a nerve wracking experience when you’re just waiting around to go.
“You’re seeing everybody else race around you, and everybody going either a best time or not doing so well or whatever happens, but you know it’s so good just to get in there and make it back, it’s class.”
In the Men’s 200m Breaststroke Eoin Corby had a top twenty finish clocking 2:11.84, the National Centre Limerick swimmer was just. 5 outside the semi-final places.
In the 100m Freestyle Danielle Hill touched in 56.59 seconds. The Larne swimmer returns to the blocks on Friday for the 50m Freestyle, an event she holds the Irish record in, in 24.68.
While Mona McSharry did not swim the 200m Breaststroke on Thursday morning, she is still entered to swim the 50m Breaststroke on Saturday.
At the Diving, Jake Passmore was 27th overall from 66 divers in the 3M Springboard Preliminaries. The Paris Olympian was just 14 points outside the top 18 places required for the semi-final with 360.60 points. Passmore’s best score came from his opening dive, a forward 3 ½ somersaults, for 68.20 points.
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McCartney and Shortt Advance to semi-finals in Singapore
IRELAND’S ELLIE MCCARTNEY and John Shortt have secured semi-final places in their main events, the 200m Breaststroke and 200m Backstroke respectively, as the World Aquatics Championships continued on Thursday morning.
The duo will join Ellen Walshe, who swims the 200m Butterfly Final, in action during the finals session on day five of racing in Singapore.
In the 200m Breaststroke, a strong showing from McCartney saw her third in her heat in 2:25.22, her fifth fastest swim of all time and the second fastest morning swim. The result saw McCartney, who has a best time of 2:24.02 from the Irish Trials in April, progress to the semi-final in eighth overall.
Speaking after the race, the National Centre Limerick swimmer reflected.
“I’m over the moon. I think I take a lot of pride on the journey to get to the World Championships, I’ve dropped a lot of time in the 200m Breast(stroke) this year, made it my main event over the 200m IM.
“So being able to come here, having two A standard times, it’s something I take a bit of pride in and now to progress further to the semi-final, it’s just a happy ending to the long summer.”
McCartney’s teammate in Limerick, John Shortt, was also in excellent form on Thursday, the 18-year -old swimming his second-best time ever in the 200m Backstroke clocking 1:56.98, just outside his Irish record 1:56.61.
The time saw the Galway man fourth in his heat and fourteenth overall to secure his place in the semi-final at his second consecutive World Championships.
“It’s such a long wait, during the week, you know, like I had the 100, which was really nice to get in and swim, but this is such a nerve wracking experience when you’re just waiting around to go.
“You’re seeing everybody else race around you, and everybody going either a best time or not doing so well or whatever happens, but you know it’s so good just to get in there and make it back, it’s class.”
In the Men’s 200m Breaststroke Eoin Corby had a top twenty finish clocking 2:11.84, the National Centre Limerick swimmer was just. 5 outside the semi-final places.
In the 100m Freestyle Danielle Hill touched in 56.59 seconds. The Larne swimmer returns to the blocks on Friday for the 50m Freestyle, an event she holds the Irish record in, in 24.68.
While Mona McSharry did not swim the 200m Breaststroke on Thursday morning, she is still entered to swim the 50m Breaststroke on Saturday.
At the Diving, Jake Passmore was 27th overall from 66 divers in the 3M Springboard Preliminaries. The Paris Olympian was just 14 points outside the top 18 places required for the semi-final with 360.60 points. Passmore’s best score came from his opening dive, a forward 3 ½ somersaults, for 68.20 points.
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