Ellen Walsh broke her Irish record in the 100m individual medley
Ireland’s swimmers impressed on the third morning of racing at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest as, Shane Ryan and Danielle Hill all progressed from heats to semi-finals. There was also another Irish record for Walshe, while Jack Cassin equalled the 200m butterfly Irish record.
Speaking after the race Walshe said “I’m delighted with that, as we were all saying in the call room, it is just such a fun one, you don’t have time to think about it, it just changes so quickly, so yeah, it was a bit of fun, it’s not a main event or anything, a bit of speed”.“I’m used to racing a longer distance in the IM, so it’s a bit more effort coming into that, it felt like it was forcing it so much, so hopefully tonight I can be a bit more relaxed and just go out there and enjoy it.
Shane Ryan also continued his good form, as one of only three swimmers under 23 seconds in the 50m backstroke heats, clocking 22.98. The 30-year-old was second in his heat and goes into Thursday evening’s semi-final as third seed. Jack Cassin made his World Championships debut for Ireland by equalling Brendan Hyland’s 2018 Irish record of 1:53.19 in the 200m butterfly. It was a two-second personal best for the 20-year-old. Cassin was fourth in his heat and 16th overall. Cassin returns for the 400m individual medley on Saturday.
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