Mona McSharry fourth in 100m breaststroke final at Swimming World Cup

Mona McSharry finished an agonising fourth in the 100m breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in the United States.

McSharry, in the early hours of Sunday morning Irish time, finished in 1:04.16 to just miss a podium place.

Kate Douglass from the USA won in 1:02.90 with Estonia’s Eneli Jefimova second in 1:03.35.

German swimmer Anna Elendt took third in 1:03.83 ahead of Marlins Swimming Club, Ballyshannon star McSharry, who was in fourth place at the three turn in the pool at the Carmel High School Natatorium in Carmel, Indiana.

The Olympic bronze medalist had set a new Irish record to reach the 200m breaststroke final and still has the 50m breaststroke event to come.

Grange native McSharry was sixth in the 200m breaststroke final, finishing in 2:20.03 .

Douglass won gold in 2:13.97 with Elendt second (2:17.80) and South Africa’s Rebecca Meder third (2:18.14).

Alex Walsh from USA and Australian Ella Ramsay were just in front of McSharry, who placed second in her heat in a new Irish record of 2:19.95.

The three-stop series of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup will continue in Westmont, Illinois on October 17-19 and Toronto on October 23-25.

Earlier this year, McSharry exited the 100m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships at the semi-final phase and had to skip the 200m due to a stomach bug. 

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In her 100m semi-final at the Singapore Sports Hub, McSharry finished in 1:06.33 having won her heat in 1:05.99 and missed out on a final spot.

In 2024, McSharry won Olympic 100m breaststroke bronze in Paris.