Co Sligo swimmer become only second Irish Olympian to win a medal in swimming as she finishes third behind Tatjana Smith
Mona McSharry wins brilliant Olympics bronze in 100m breaststrokeIn the now century of Ireland’s participation in the Olympics going back to Paris in 1924, only one Irish swimmer had previously won a medal, Michelle Smith de Bruin winning four in 1996, and McSharry also won that race to become just the second – most likely a night before Daniel Wiffen’s quest to win his first.
Then came McSharry, her fingertip touching in 1:05.59, just .01 of a second ahead of Benedetta Pilatto from Italy and Lilly King, the world record holder from the US, both time in 1:05.60, thus sharing fourth place.Ireland’s Mona McSharry celebrates winning a bronze medal. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
McSharry also knows well what it’s like to finish just outside the medals: At the World Championships in Doha in February, McSharry was fifth in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke finals, missing the 100m medal by just 0.5 of a second. Walshe came to Paris ranked 15th, making the final – and joining her roommate McSharry – was most satisfying, her morning time of 4:39.97 seventh fastest of qualifying
“And I tried to kind of be like I need to enjoy this, because I don’t know if there’s another one to come. It was an absolutely stacked team of women, so I’m just a privilege and grateful to be in it.”
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