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Turner, McClements and Ní Riain Set for Finals

17 June 2022; Barry McClements of Ireland in action during the heats of the 100m backstroke S9 class on day six of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships at the Complexo de Piscinas Olímpicas do Funchal in Madeira, Portugal. Photo by Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile *** NO REPRODUCTION FEE ***

Barry McClements and Nicole Turner both progressed comfortably to their respective finals after competing in their heats this morning at the World Para Swimming Championships Madeira 2022. Both athletes maintained their record of having qualified for every final so far this week and they will be joined in the finals session by Róisín Ní Riain who had automatically qualified for her 400m Freestyle Final.

 

Barry McClements was the first Irish athlete in the water this morning where he proved how competitive he is by finishing fourth in his heat to qualify in fourth place overall for this evening’s finals. McClements never looked under pressure as he cruised comfortably into the final and will now target a new lifetime best time in the final

 

McClements said “Well first of all I want to PB, so whatever comes with that is a bonus I guess, so hopefully I can at least maintain fourth place and I will be happy with that.”

 

Nicole Turner followed McClements into the final in the very next race as she qualified in fifth place overall, third in her heat behind the American duo of Herzog and Lettenberger. Turner was largely untroubled as she raced to her third placed finish in the Heats but all of the finalists will be wary of the form of Great Britain’s Maisy Summers Newton who set a new European Record in the second Heat of the event.

Turner said “If I’m a bit faster I’ll be very happy but tonight is just about enjoying myself and then getting the last bit of fresh air out of the water before I enter it in the morning.”

Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships Day 6 Heats Results

 

Róisín Ní Riain, S13 400m Freestyle Final, 17:05pm

Barry McClements S9 100m Backstroke Heat, 10:35am

Nicole Turner SB6 100m Breaststroke Heat, 10:40am

 

Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships Day 6 Finals Schedule

 

Róisín Ní Riain, S13 400m Freestyle Final, 17:05pm

Barry McClements S9 100m Backstroke Heat, 19:22pm

Nicole Turner SB6 100m Breaststroke Heat, 19:27pm

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