Sun, 19 Jan, 2020 - 19:47
Colm O’Connor
Ellen Walshe became the first Irish woman to break the one-minute barrier in the 100m butterfly.
The 18-year-old last night smashed the Irish record of 1:00.21 when coming home in 59.54 for gold at the Flanders Swim Cup in Belgium.
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CourtsSportSwimmingPlace: BelgiumPlace: SwitzerlandPlace: National Aquatic CentrePerson: Ellen WalshePerson: WalshePerson: Shauna O’BrienPerson: Shane RyanPerson: Darragh GreenePerson: Conor FergusonPerson: Danielle HillPerson: Niamh CoynePerson: Eoin CorbyEvent: Flanders Swim CupEvent: 2019 Irish Open Swimming ChampionshipsEvent: Geneva ChallengeEvent: Irish Open Swimming ChampionshipsEvent: OlympicEvent: European senior
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