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Mona McSharry. Photo: Sportsfile
Mona McSharry lowered the Irish 100m breaststroke short course record to win a silver medal at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.
Marlins Swimming Club star McSharry finished second in 1:03.84 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.
Kate Douglass from the United States won gold in 1:02.93 with McSharry getting in ahead of Rebecca Meder (1:04.48) from South Africa for silver.
The silver is McSharry’s fourth of the three-stop World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.
A day after winning bronze in the 200m breaststroke, also in a new Irish record of 2:18.27, McSharry was back in the pool for the 100m breaststroke and she won her heat in 1:03.96.
The 25-year-old set a new PB and national record to eclipse the 1:03.92 she set at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi.
Last week in Westmont, Illinois - the second World Cup stop - McSharry set a new Irish record of 2:19.29 to place fourth in the 200m breaststroke.
Also in Westmont, McSharry won gold in the 50m and silver in the 100m breaststroke events.
At the first stop of the World Cup series in Carmel, Indiana, McSharry was fourth in both the 50m and 100m breaststroke events while she finished sixth in the 200m.
Earlier this year, Grange native 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.
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