Bree’s personal best ideal boost ahead of 200m

ANDREW BREE got the perfect boost ahead of his primary event, the 200m breaststroke, when he set a new Irish record for the 100m in the preliminary heats at the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday night.

His time of 1:01.76 beat his own national record which he set at 1:01.83 and while it was good enough for second place in the heat behind Mike Brown (Canada), 1:00.98, it was not good enough to get him back into the pool for yesterday’s semi-finals.

“I am pretty happy with it,” he said. “It is a small personal best but obviously not good enough to get me through to the semi-finals.