Mona McSharry wins 200m breaststroke silver at World Cup in Baku

Mona McSharry secured a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the opening leg of the World Aquatics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The Marlins Swimming Club graduate touched the wall in 2:18.45, just 0.18 seconds shy of her Irish record of 2:18.27 set at the 2025 World Cup. Russia’s Evgeniia Chikunova claimed gold in 2:17.20, while Vitalina Simonova took bronze in 2:21.21.

McSharry, a native of Grange, will next race in the 100m breaststroke on Friday.

Irish swimmers McSharry and Ellen Walshe are scheduled to compete in three World Cup meets in October: Baku (1‑3 Oct), Tashkent, Uzbekistan (8‑10 Oct) and Astana, Kazakhstan (15‑17 Oct). Walshe also opened her campaign with a silver in the 200m butterfly, finishing in 2:05.58 behind China’s Chang Mohan (2:04.15).

Source: Donegal Daily. Photo: david hou / Pexels.