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Paris 2024: Hill qualifies for Olympic Games 50m freestyle

Larne swimmer Danielle Hill has qualified to compete in the women’s 50m freestyle at this summer Olympic Games.

Hill set a new Irish record in winning the final of the event in 24.68 seconds at the Irish National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials at the National Aquatics Centre in Dublin on Saturday.

The 25-year-old needed 24.70 to ensure her participation in the 50m freestyle in Paris.

Hill secured initial qualification for her second Olympics in the women’s 100m backstroke on Wednesday.

Needing 59.99 to qualify for France she produced a superb swim to obliterate that time with a stunning 59.11 taking over a second of her previous best and Irish record of 1:00.16.

In doing so, she made history by becoming the first Irish woman to break the one-minute barrier in the 100m backstroke.

Tom Fannon, Daniel Wiffen, Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry are the other Irish swimmers to have qualified for the Games to date.


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