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2024 Olympic Finalist Ellen Walshe will lead a 13-strong Ireland swimming team into December’s (10^th-15^th) World Aquatics Championships (25m) in Budapest, Hungary.  In the 2021 edition of the event in Abu Dhabi, Walshe was a silver medallist in the 400m Individual Medley and will be Ireland’s premier hope of a podium finish at this year’s event, particularly with both Olympic Champion and bronze medallists Daniel Wiffen and Mona McSharry opting not to compete in the Hungarian capital on this occasion. Walshe is clearly on early season form, having set an Irish Senior Record in the 100m Individual Medley in recent days.

Joining Walshe on the team will be Olympic semi-finalist and current European Champion Danielle Hill and Olympic semi-finalist Tom Fannon, with three time Olympian Shane Ryan and his Paris teammate Max McCusker also confirmed to the Irish team.

2024 European Championships Finalists Evan Bailey, Jack Cassin, Eoin Corby, Nathan Wiffen, Lottie Cullen, Ellie McCartney and John Shortt join the fray, with Shortt being the newly minted Irish Senior Record Holder in the 200m Backstroke this past weekend.

Jon Rudd, Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director said, “In the months following an Olympic Games, this event is a very individualised affair, with some athletes ready and raring to go again and others needing additional time to regroup and refresh after a hectic summer, particularly one which proved to be the best ever for Ireland in Olympic waters. And this will be the same the world over, so we will see some events Budapest boast familiar names and some events where break-throughs can very much be made and opportunities taken. Irish swimming is in great shape, brimming with confidence and this is a very exciting group of athletes to take into a Championships such as this as we build towards the 50m-pool version of the event in Singapore next summer.”