McSharry claims bronze as Wiffen reaches 1500m final
Daniel Wiffen was second in his 1500m semi-final while Mona McSharry
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Mona McSharry claimed bronze in the women's 200m breaststroke final at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.
The Olympic bronze medallist over the shorter 100m produced a fine performance to land another medal in the French capital.
Gold went to Neutral Athletes B's Evgeniia Chikunova with a championship record of 2:19.32, while GB's Angharad Evans took silver in 2:21.21.
Enniskillen's Ellie McCartney came in eighth in 2:26.93.
McCartney also missed out on a place in the final of the 200m individual medley, finishing sixth in semi-final one in a time of 2:13.85.
Ellen Walshe made it through from the same semi-final, finishing third in 2:11.26.
Daniel Wiffen made it through to Saturday's 1500m freestyle final.
Wiffen, who claimed Commonwealth Games' silver over the distance, finished in 14:52.29 for second place in his heat behind Germany's Oliver Klemet [14:48.51].
It was enough to see the Magheralin man through in sixth overall as he produced a controlled performance to book a return for Saturday evening's final.
The 2024 Olympic gold medallist admitted it was a challenge in hot conditions but was satisfied with his performance after missing out on a medal in Wednesday's 800m final.
"I'm really happy, it was great put together race," the 25-year-old said.
"Some of the skills are pretty bad in terms of double breathing, but that's ok, it was a heat swim, I was feeling pretty tired, so happy to get the job done."