One of Irish swimming’s oldest records fell on day three of the Irish Long Course Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, as 20-year-old Bethany Carson slipped under Michelle Smith’s 100m butterfly mark from 1996.

It was only a four-hundredths of a second gap, but it was enough for Karl Burdis to qualify for May’s European Championships in Hungary last night.

DCU sprinter Brian Gregan is hoping to break the personal best he set yesterday when he attempts to win a gold medal today in the 400m at the World University Games in China.

Two more Irish records were broken this morning at the World Swimming Championships in Rome.

Three more Irish records have been broken at the World Swimming Championships in Rome this morning.

Two more Irish records have been broken at the World Swimming Championships in Rome.

US-based Irish swimmer Karl Burdis is continuing to break records at the World University Games.

BELFAST’S Melanie Nocher yesterday smashed Michelle Smith’s 14-year-old Irish 200m backstroke record at the Speedo western Canadian swimming championships.

IRISH swimmers smashed 11 national records in the last week.

PORMARNOCK swimmer, Karl Burdis, finished the final day of the Irish National Long Course Championships on a high.

PORMARNOCK swimmer, Karl Burdis, finished the final day of the Irish National Long Course Championships on a high. The young Dubliner managed to win the 100m Backstroke, while also setting another European Junior Championships time — his third of the weekend.

SWIMMING’S Long Course Championships came to a close yesterday on a high note, with 13 swimmers achieving international qualifying times, four new Irish senior records and two new Irish junior records to round off a very successful weekend.