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Shane Ryan has finished tenth overall in the 100m Freestyle semi-finals on day two of racing at the World Swimming Championships (SC) in Hungary.

Swimming in the first semi-final, Ryan clocked 46.24, just one hundredth of a second off the 46.23 Irish Record he set on Wednesday morning; the time saw him fourth in his semi-final, having gone from eighth after 25 metres to leading the race at 75 metres, with six swimmers in the second semi-final posting faster times.

Speaking after the race Ryan said, “It was a great swim, basically the same time, just .01 slower, I definitely swam it a little bit different tonight, but it’s just a lack of racing this year in the 100 Free, the last time I did 100 Free was long course (50m) at the Olympic Games and the first one was this morning, so look we changed it and I think we capitalised on it a bit more. But it’s just I get better when I race and knowing and understanding my body and how it feels moving through the water efficiently, but still quick. I mean this Worlds is I think one of the fastest Worlds ever, I think on the first day there was seven world records broken and probably a lot more to come, so it is a quick Worlds, and I need to rest up now and get ready for the 50m Backstroke tomorrow.”

The National Centre Dublin swimmer is back in the pool on Thursday for the 50m Backstroke. Ryan won Ireland’s first ever world short course medal in the event in 2018 claiming bronze in 22.76 seconds, an Irish Record that still stands.

Joining Ryan in action on Thursday, Ellen Walshe returns after her heroics on Tuesday where she set four new Irish Records. Walshe competes in the 100m Individual Medley, an event she set a new Irish Record in already this season, clocking 59.30 at the Ulster Championships in November. Danielle Hill is back in action in the 50m Backstroke and Nathan Wiffen in the 400m Freestyle, while Jack Cassin makes his World Championships debut in the 200m Butterfly.

Morning Session

Shane Ryan broke a five-year-old Irish Record to progress to the semi-finals of the 100m Freestyle swimming an impressive 46.23 seconds in the 100m Freestyle heats, knocking .45 of a second off his own 2019 record of 46.68.

Also, in action on Wednesday morning, Danielle Hill returned to the pool for the 100m Freestyle heats, where she touched in 53.66, just outside her Irish Record of 53.03. The Larne swimmer returns for her third race, on Thursday, in the 50m Backstroke.

Niamh Coyne clocked 1:07.49 in the 100m Breaststroke to place ninth in her heat. The National Centre Dublin swimmer is back in action on Saturday in the 50m Breaststroke.

In the Men’s 100m Breaststroke heats, Eoin Corby was close to his best of 58.38, touching in 58.63 for ninth in his heat. Corby next competes in the 200m Breaststroke on Friday.

Day 2 Heats Results – Wednesday 11^th December

 Day 3 Heats Schedule – Thursday 12^th December