Keane posted a season-best swim in her heat, sending her through to this evening’s 100m breaststroke final.
AFTER A LONG week of waiting Tokyo gold medallist Ellen Keane was finally able to get her Para World Championships up and running, qualifying for the 100m breaststroke final in style on Sunday.
Keane posted a season-best swim of 1:22.45 in her heat, sending her through to this evening’s final at 5:35pm.“I didn’t just want to mess around and just make the final, I wanted to do a good swim so that I could analyse it and try and make improvements for the final, so yeah, I’m happy!” Róisín Ní Riain was next in the pool during this morning’s session. The Limerick woman finished second in her 200m IM heat at 2:33.01, qualifying her for the final this evening.“It was a heat swim, so job done, it’s just about getting back and rest and recovering as best I can for later on.”Also in action today, Nicole Turner and Dearbhaile Brady both swim in the 50m butterfly final at 7.23pm.
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