Ellen Walshe secures Butterfly final spot with new Irish record as Daniel Wiffen finishes eighth in Freestyle final
Ireland’s Ellen Walshe on her way to qualifying for the final. Pic: ©INPHO/Giorgio Scala.
Paris Olympic Games Finalist Ellen Walshe set a new Irish Record in the 200m Butterfly on night four of racing in Singapore to secure a place in Thursday’s final.
Entering the semi-finals as the seventh seed in 2:09.15, Walshe smashed through her own Irish Record of 2:08.42 to place third in the second semi-final, and progress to the final ranked in fourth.
