Ellen Walshe wins 200m butterfly gold for Ireland at European Championships

It was the seventh medal Ireland has won at the championships

A remarkable final 100m of the 200m butterfly won gold for Ellen Walshe. Pic: Nikola Krstic/Sportsfile

Ellen Walshe made history in Poland yesterday evening as she became the first Irish woman to be crowned champion at the European Short Course Championships. The 200m butterfly gold was Walshe's second medal of the week, adding to the silver she had already claimed in the 200m individual medley.

The 24-year-old touched the wall in 2:03.24, 0.31 ahead of Denmark's Helena Bach in second, and 0.83 ahead of Italy's Anita Gastaldi in third.