Mona McSharry wins gold, silver and bronze at World Aquatics World Cup

Mona McSharry of The Grange, who swims for the Ballyshannon Marlins, finished the first week of the World Aquatics World Cup with a gold, a silver and a bronze medal.

On the opening day she claimed gold in the 100m breaststroke final. Later that afternoon in Baku, Azerbaijan, she contested the 50m breaststroke final, missing the top step by just eight hundredths of a second.

Belgian swimmer Florine Gaspard won the race in 29.75 seconds, with McSharry taking bronze in 29.83 seconds, two hundredths behind Russia’s Ralina Giliazova, who finished second in 29.81 seconds.

The bronze added to the silver McSharry earned in the 200m breaststroke on Thursday, completing a medal haul of three different colours for the week.

The next leg of the World Aquatics World Cup will be staged in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 8 to 10 October.

Source: Donegal Daily. Photo: Vijay Richhiya / Pexels.