Róisín Ní Riain and Nicole Turner add bronze medals to their haul at European Para-Swimming Championships
Nicole Turner of Ireland with her bronze medal from the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6 final during day six of the Para Swimming European Championships at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex in Funchal, Portugal. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
There were two more medals in the pool for Ireland as Róisín Ní Riain and Nicole Turner added to their medal haul at the European Para-Swimming Championships in Funchal by both claiming bronze.
Ní Riain started off the evening in style by recording a time of 4:44.62 in the 400m freestyle final to secure the Limerick swimmer her fourth medal of the championships. She has one event left, the 200m individual medley.
Speaking after the final, Ní Riain said: “I’m happy that swim. It was definitely a tough one but happy with the result.”
Fresh off the back of her gold medal win last night, Nicole Turner added another to her haul winning bronze in the 100m backstroke final.
“Medals are great, I won’t lie but I think this championship is all about breaking down the race,” said Turner.
“It’s kind of our last big meet now before Paris so it is to get the mistakes out of the way here. It’s all just a learning curve to see what we can do better and then bring that into Paris”.
Barry McClements finished fourth in the 100m backstroke final in a time of 1:04.52.
Tomorrow is the last chance for Irish swimmers to win European medals for the 2024 edition of the championships with the possibility of four swimmers in three finals.
Ellen Keane will contest her preferred event the 100m breaststroke.
