Daniel Wiffen: Olympic champion to chase world record at Irish Championships

The Irish Championships are being used as trials for a number of events this year, including the Worlds.

As well as Wiffen, Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry, Olympic finalist Ellen Walshe and semi-finalists Tom Fannon and Danielle Hill, who will all compete in Dublin, have achieved initial qualification times for the World Championships in Singapore following their appearances in Paris last Summer.

Shane Ryan also achieved the time at the European Championships in June.

All swimmers will still need to compete in the same individual event(s) at the Irish Open to assure their competitive readiness and achieve a secondary consideration time.

For the World Para Swimming Championships, also taking place in Singapore, four Paris Paralympians, Barry McClements, Dearbhaile Brady, Deaten Registe and silver and bronze medallist Roisin NiRiain have already achieved the qualification standard and are joined by Siomha Brady.

2024 Olympians Grace Davison and Victoria Catterson from Ards will also feature at the Championships, along with other strong contenders including Daniel’s twin brother Nathan Wiffen, Ellie McCartney and Lottie Cullen.