{"id":129218,"date":"2024-06-23T20:06:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T19:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swimireland.ie\/?p=129218"},"modified":"2024-06-23T20:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T19:06:15","slug":"wiffen-bags-freestyle-bronze-walsh-fourth-in-medley-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swimireland.ie\/2024\/06\/23\/wiffen-bags-freestyle-bronze-walsh-fourth-in-medley-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiffen Bags Freestyle Bronze, Walsh Fourth in Medley in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"
Paris qualified Daniel Wiffen and Ellen Walshe closed out their racing preparations ahead of the Paris Olympic Games with a third and fourth place finish at the Sette Colli Meet in Rome on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Wiffen, just off a three-week training camp, and competing in his fourth race in three days, took bronze in the 1500m Freestyle Final in 14:53.39.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the race the Loughborough swimmer said \u2018I\u2019m happy with the time, it is an in-season best so I can\u2019t ask for more than that. Happy I came third, I died a bit at the end, but I\u2019m happy with the race plan and it actually felt pretty good.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Following her Irish Record in the 400m Individual Medley on Saturday, Ellen Walshe posted her second fastest time ever in the 200m Medley on Sunday to finish fourth in the A Final in 2:11.77.<\/p>\n Commenting after the race Walshe said \u2018It\u2019s nice to be back down to 2:11, coming into Paris it\u2019s a nice place to be. It would have been good to be quicker this morning because it\u2019s going to be quick to get into the semi-final in Paris, but going out there tonight, it was a little bit windy I think, so 2:11 it\u2019s a nice job. I think the 400m last night was definitely kind of a surprise to get my hand on the wall, and I think feeding off that you do have a lot of fatigue in the body, I won\u2019t have that at the Olympics, I have four days between both races so hopefully I\u2019ll be able to come back stronger in the 200 IM heat there.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Also, in action in today\u2019s finals, Victoria Catterson, swimming the 200m Backstroke B Final, was fifth in 2:16.72 while Max McCusker clocked 24.39 to finish eighth in the 50m Butterfly B Final.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Day 3 Results \u2013 Sette Colli International<\/strong><\/p>\n Women 50m Freestyle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Erin Riordan – 26.88 (52)<\/p>\n Women 200m Backstroke \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Victoria Catterson \u2013 2:16.80 (13), FB 2:16.72 (5)<\/p>\n Men 50m Butterfly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Max McCusker – 24.18 – (17), FB 24.39 (8)<\/p>\n Women 200m IM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Ellen Walshe – 2:14.16 (6), FA 2:11.77 (4)<\/p>\n Men 1500m Freestyle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Daniel Wiffen – 14:53.39 (3)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris qualified Daniel Wiffen and Ellen Walshe closed out their racing preparations ahead of the Paris Olympic Games with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n