Mona McSharry booked a place in the Olympic 100m breaststroke final on Sunday night.
In front of a capacity crowd at the La Defensel; McSharry set a new Irish record of one minute five.51 seconds, qualifying for Monday night’s final on second on times.
McSharry’s time was a new Irish Record to book her place in Monday’s final.
“It was very good, I’m happy with that, progressing through the rounds” smiled McSharry afterwards.
“I can’t ask for anything better and I have a place in the final. That was really the only job of the semis to progress, so yeah I’m happy with that.”
McSharry posted her second fastest time ever in this morning’s heats in 1:05.74 and went on to lower that to 1:05.51 this evening.
Shaving four hundredths of a second off her own Irish Record of 1:05.55 from the 2023 World Championships.
The Sligo woman was second in her semi-final behind South Africa’s Tatjana Smith (1:05.00). Whereas, 2024 World Champion China’s Qianting Tang won the first semi-final in 1:05.83. World Record holder Lily King was third behind McSharry in 1:05.64.
