Walshe 'shocked' after booking Ireland's second Olympic final in the pool

Sensational stuff. Ireland went 25 years between 1996 and 2021 without a single Olympic swimming finalist. Now we'll have two in one hour.

SENSATIONAL: Ellen Walshe of Team Ireland in action during the women's 400m individual medley heats at the Paris La Défense Arena during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Photo by Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile

Ireland has a second swimmer in an Olympic final this evening after Dublin’s Ellen Walshe booked her place in the big show for the women’s 400m individual medley at the Paris La Defence Arena.

Walshe finished fourth in her race and seventh overall and therefore making the crucial top eight. Her time of 4:39.97 was well off her PB but that’s very much like with the trend here at the specially converted arena.