Seventeen-years old Sycerika McMahon, who qualified for the Olympic Games on Tuesday, finished a creditable fifth in the final of the women’s 100 metres breaststroke at the European Swimming championships at Debrecen in Hungary

Sanita Puspure is the latest athlete to join Ireland’s Olympic Games tilt in the summer.

Two more Irish competitors, 17-year-old Belfast swimmer Sycerika McMahon and 23-year-old Melanie Nocher, have qualified for the London Olympics at the European Swimming Championships inDebrecen, Hungary, taking Ireland’s tally to four.

Melanie Nocher has capped off a positive day for Irish swimming by joining Sycerika McMahon in qualifying for the Olympic Games.

Seventeen-year-old swimming prospect Sycerika McMahon is London-bound after securing the Olympic A standard in the 100m breaststroke this morning.

Irish swimmer Sycerika McMahon has qualified for the Olympics at the European Swimming Championships this morning.

It’s 4.52am on a Monday morning and while you’re asleep she’s going to work.

When it comes to appreciating the commitment of elite GAA players, their rugby counterparts are among their biggest admirers.

OLYMPIC swimmer Aisling Cooney tuned up for her trip to the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Eindhoven next week with a win in the 50m backstroke event at the Irish Short Course Championships in Salthill, Galway yesterday.