Emotional Fiona Doyle left to wonder

Fiona Doyle’s Olympic Games came to a frustrating conclusion last night when a second-place finish in her heat of the 200m breaststroke wasn’t enough to see her qualify.

Doyle led the race for 150m but tied up in the last 50m to touch in 2:29.76. Argentina’s Julia Sebastian won the heat in 2:27.98.

After four heats, the 24-year-old Limerick swimmer placed 25th overall. She would have needed to break her Irish record of 2:27.63 by over a second to make the semi-finals (2:26.58).