Irish swim records tumble in Croatia

IRISH records continued to tumble at the Kantrida Indoor Swimming Complex in Rijeka, Croatia yesterday on the second day of competition at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008.

Five new Irish records were established in total in the heat swims. The first Irish competitor of the day, Donal O’Neill recorded a time of 25.05 in the men’s 50m backstroke, to claim a new Irish senior record.

The previous record was held by himself and set in 2004 — the year he retired from the sport before deciding to make a comeback.