Roisín Ní Ríain: 'The bigger the competition the less nervous I get!'

The Limerick native won gold and silver at last year’s World Championships.

Visa announces gold medal swimmer Róisín Ní Riain as latest addition to its global Team Visa programme. Pic:Naoise Culhane.

When an Irish swimmer says things like “I like to stand up on the block with a smile on my face. The bigger the competition the less nervous I get!” you immediately think of Daniel Wiffen now, right?

But those are the words of Limerick teenager Roisín Ní Ríain who already has an awful lot in common with Ireland’s new swimming superstar and arguably even more medal potential in Paris this summer.