Armagh swimmer becomes first Irish man to reach an Olympic final and will have a central lane in Tuesday’s final
Ireland's Daniel Wiffen has qualified for the men's 800m final - he is the first Irish man to reach an OIympic swimming final. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAAnother small piece of Irish swimming history for Daniel Wiffen, and the chance now for another golden one to come, with his progression to the men’s 800m freestyle final every bit as bold and impressive as he would have liked.
The Armagh swimmer will have defending champion Bobby Finke from the US to contend with, fifth fastest of the qualifiers with his 7:43.00, with Ahmed Jaouadi from Tunisia also laying down a marker with his 7:42.07, the second fastest of the lot.Olympics, Day 3 live updates: Wiffen wins his 800m heat and is fastest qualifier for tomorrow’s final
“You didn’t see my legs come in at the end, but holding a good pace, happy with the morning swim, and a fast time as well. “Any medal is good, it’s my first race here, it’s my first time being in contention for an Olympic medal, so I’ll take any medal, whatever colour, and then we got another two races after this and I’m looking forward to the one in the Seine , especially.
Her time of 4:39.97 seconds placed her seventh overall, the 22-year-old from Dublin just off her best of 4:37.18, with Canada’s Summer McIntosh, one of the favourites for the event, winning the heat in 4:37.35 “And Mona is my roomie, she came back at all hours this morning after recovery and physio and swim down. We had joked about hopefully us all being in the final tonight, I am so glad to join her there. I can go back to the room and we can do the exact same thing tonight. I am super excited.”
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