Swimming: Róisín Ní Riain wins second medal of world championships

The Irish swimmer claimed silver in Singapore.

SILVER LINING: Roisin Ni Riain of Team Ireland, left, with the gold medallist Olivia Chambers of the United States and Anastasiya Zudzilava of Belarus. Pic: Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile

Róisín Ní Riain claimed a second medal at the Para Swimming World Championships on Monday, clinching silver in the SB13 100m Breaststroke final.

The second-place finish comes after her bronze medal success on day one.

Competing from lane three, Ni Riain initially touched the wall in third place, trailing Olivia Chambers of the United States and Marian Polo Lopez of Spain.

However, the Limerick swimmer raised her pace in the second half of the race, climbing into second place and finishing just behind Chambers in 1:18.78, more than 1.4 seconds adrift of the American.

“I’m pretty pleased with that swim," Ní Riain said. "This event has been a bit up and down this season but yeah to be able to come out and put I think my best swim together when it matters in a close race is great” 

The final three members of the Para swimming squad will kick off their respective campaigns on Tuesday, when they take to the pool for their opening events.

Deaten Registe is first up in the SB14 100m Breaststroke, Dearbhaile Brady goes straight to a final in the SM6 200m Individual Medley, and Barry McClements lines up for the S9 100m Butterfly.