Relay team create Irish swim history at World Championships

Danielle Hill and Mona McSharry also make semi-finals in Abu Dhabi

The FINA World Swimming Championships at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Ireland’s Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay team have advanced to Sunday afternoon’s final at the World Swimming Championships (25m) with an Irish senior record-setting swim. This will be the first time in Irish swimming history that the nation will field a relay in a World Championships final.

They will be joined on the schedule by Danielle Hill in the 50m Backstroke semi-finals and Mona McSharry in the 100m Breaststroke semi-finals.