Mona McSharry's mother says watching daughter take home bronze medal was 'extraordinary' 

Ireland's Mona McSharry celebrates winning bronze during the Women's 100m breaststrokef Final at the Paris La Defense Arena on the third day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

Mona McSharry's mother has said watching her daughter become Ireland's 36th Olympic medalist — and its first swimming medalist since 1996 — was "extraordinary", and "a fantastic moment".

The Sligo swimmer took home the bronze medal for Team Ireland in Monday's 100m women's breaststroke final in Paris by the slimmest of margins, pipping both Italy's Benedetta Pilato and Lilly King of the United States by 0.01 of a second with a time of 1:05.59.