There were two Irish swimmers in the pool this morning on day 5 of the Para Swimming World Championships.
Barry McClements was first up at 9:05 for his 400m freestyle heat. The Co. Down swimmer finished in 4th place with a time of 04:32.58, enough to book himself a place in this evening’s final.
Turner placed second in her heat and set a new personal best of 35.01.
Speaking after her heat Turner said, “The aim out of any competition is to get a PB but to get it in the morning is always a huge confidence boost for later on.”
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Para Swimming World Championships Day 5 Results:
Barry McClements, 400m Freestyle Heat (S9) 04:32.59 / 4th place
Nicole Turner – 50m Freestyle Heat (S6) 35.01 / 2nd place
Day 5 (August 4) Para Swimming World Championships Schedule:
5:52pm: Barry McClements – 400m Freestyle Final (S9) (event 105)
7:48pm: Nicole Turner – 50m Freestyle Final (event 122)
Day 6 (August 5) Para Swimming World Championships Schedule:
9:05am: Róisín Ní Riain – 400m Freestyle Heat (S13) (event 127)
11:20am: Barry McClements – 100m Backstroke Heat (S9) (event 143)
7:43pm: Nicole Turner – 100m Breaststroke Final (S6) (event 144)
Day 7 (August 6) Para Swimming World Championships Schedule:
9:05am: Ellen Keane – 100m Breaststroke Heat (event 150)
10:36am: Róisín Ní Riain – 200m IM Heat (S13) (event 160)
7.23pm: Nicole Turner – 50m Butterfly Final (S6) (event 166)
7.23pm: Dearbhaile Brady – 50m Butterfly Final (event 166)
Para Swimming World Championships Team Ireland Results
Day 1: Róisín Ní Riain, 100m Butterfly Final (S13) / 01:06.00 / 2nd Place
Day 2: Róisín Ní Riain, 100m Breaststroke Final (S13) / 01:18.99 / 4th place
Day 3: Barry McClements, 100m Butterfly Heat (S9) / 01:01.39 / 3rd place
Day 3: Nicole Turner, 200m IM Final / 03:09.63 / 5th place
Day3: Barry McClements, 100m Butterfly Final (S9) / 01:01.54 / 5th place
Day 4: Róisín Ní Riain, 100m Backstroke Final (S13) 01:06:62/ 1st place
Day 5: Barry McClements, 400m Freestyle Heat (S9) 04:32.59 / 4th place
Day 5: Nicole Turner, 50m Freestyle Heat (S6) 35.01 / 2nd place
