Five medals, one wall: How roommates Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe inspired each other

Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe explain how they supported each other as they won five medals at the European Aquatics Championships

Ireland’s 4x100m medley relay of Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe, Lottie Cullen and Grace Davison took nearly three second off the Irish record as they came sixth in the European final. Pic: ©INPHO/Andrea Masini

As Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry left their room for Sunday's final session at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, they glanced at the four medals hanging on the wall. 

There were Walshe's golds from the 200m and 400m individual medleys, alongside McSharry's silver form the 100m breaststroke and bronze from the 200.