Murphy narrowly misses out on medal

Ireland's Grainne Murphy has missed out on a medal at the European Swimming Championships by just five hundreths of a second.

Thu, 12 Aug, 2010 - 17:36

Ireland's Grainne Murphy has missed out on a medal at the European Swimming Championships by just five hundreths of a second.

The Wexford teenager produced the best swim of her life in this afternoon's 800 metre freestyle final in Budapest, but touched the wall in fourth place.

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