Longford’s Darragh Greene goes so close to reaching the 200m Breaststroke semi-finals at the World Aquatic Championships

Darragh won his heat this Thursday morning in 2:12.21, finishing in 18th place overall which is a great achievement on the world stage.  

Greene is back in action on Sunday for the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay.  

He also went agonisingly close to a place in the 100m Breaststroke semi-finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan in the early hours of Sunday morning last.  

Darragh, who trains at Swim Ireland’s National Centre in Dublin, was sixth in his heat in 1:00.54 for 19th overall, just .32 of a second off a semi-final place.

Greene returned to the pool for the heats of the 50m Breaststroke in Japan on Tuesday morning.

He won his heat of the 50m Breaststroke in 27.54 to finish in 22nd place overall in a brave but unsuccessful bid to reach the semi-finals in racing against some of the fastest swimmers in the world.

National 200m Freestyle Gold for Gerry Quinn and Ashley Weafer 

The new look 2023 Irish Youth and Senior Summer Championships got underway in Dublin on Wednesday. 1125 swimmers from nearly 120 clubs will come through the National Aquatic Centre doors over the five days of competition.

The 19 years and over National Gold in the 200m Freestyle was won in excellent fashion as Longford’s Gerry Quinn led the way from the start and could not  be caught, clocking 1:51.90. Tokyo Olympian, Finn McGeever touched next in 1:53.94, while Jack Fleming (Lisburn) came in at 1:54.91.

Sticking with the 200m Freestyle, the boys 15 years age group produced another Longford winner with Ashley Weafer claiming the National Gold in 2:00.55.