Mona McSharry wins 200m breaststroke bronze in Uzbekistan

Mona McSharry added a 200m breaststroke bronze to her World Aquatics World Cup tally at the second stop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The 26‑year‑old Marlin Swimming Club, Ballyshannon, finished in 2:20.41 to claim third place. Russia’s Evgeniia Chikunova took gold in 2:17.23 and the Netherlands’ Tes Schouten earned silver with a time of 2:20.07.

McSharry, who previously swept gold, silver and bronze in Baku, Azerbaijan, will compete in the 100m breaststroke the following day and the 50m breaststroke on Saturday.

At the European Aquatics Championships in Paris she set a new Irish record to win silver in the 100m breaststroke and also secured bronze in the 200m and 50m events. In June she collected gold, silver and bronze in the 200m, 100m and 50m breaststroke respectively at the Sette Colli meet in Rome, and earlier this year she won all three breaststroke titles at the Irish Open after completing her studies at the University of Tennessee.

The World Cup series runs over three weekends, with the final stop scheduled for Astana, Kazakhstan from 15‑17 October.

Source: Donegal Daily. Photo: Erika Reyes / Pexels.