Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry secured her place at the World Championships in Singapore in July by winning the 100m breaststroke final at the Irish Championships in Dublin.
On her return to competitive racing for the first time since the Paris Games last summer, the Sligo swimmer was pushed all the way to the wall by Enniskillen’s Ellie McCartney.
McSharry’s time of 1:06.87 was well outside of her best, while McCartney was just one-tenth of a second behind and the same length of time outside of qualifying for the worlds.
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