Mona McSharry picks up another hat-trick of World Cup medals
McSharry’s gold medal in Kazakhstan helped her win the Triple Crown in the 100m breaststroke and pick up a $10,000 prize
Mona McSharry picked up a trio of medals at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup for a third weekend in a row.
The Marlins Swimming Club, Ballyshannon graduate was in action in Kazakhstan for the third round of the competition.
For the third week in a row, the Grange native won the gold in the 100m breaststroke on Thursday, which saw her pick up the ‘Triple Crown’ and $10,000 in prize money. McSharry won in 1:04.03 from Russia’s Evgeniia Chikunova and Tes Schouten from the Netherlands.
On Friday, a time of 2:20.46 earned her bronze in the 200m breaststroke, with Chikunova winning from Schouten.
On Saturday, she picked up her ninth medal in the 50m breaststroke, with 29.89 earning her third place behind Russia’s Ralina Giliazova and Belgium’s Gaspard.