{"id":635381,"date":"2026-08-13T17:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/635381\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:25:20","slug":"european-athletics-and-swimming-live-updates-adeleke-and-english-race-in-finals-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/635381\/","title":{"rendered":"European athletics and swimming live updates: Adeleke and English race in finals \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>European swimming championships<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Women\u2019s 50m backstroke final:<\/b> Danielle Hill finishes eighth<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Women\u2019s 200m breaststroke semi-finals:<\/b> Ellie McCartney, Mona McSharry both make final<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Men\u2019s 200m breaststroke final:<\/b> Jack Kelly (6.29pm)<\/p>\n<p><b>European Athletics Championships<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Men\u2019s 200m semi-finals:<\/b> Sean Aigboboh, Marcus Lawler (8.05pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Men\u2019s 800m final:<\/b> Mark English (9.28pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Women\u2019s 200m final:<\/b> Rhasidat Adeleke (9.50pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>McCartney makes the 200m breaststroke final!<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">She swims 2.24.15 in the much faster semi-final, to get into the final. She joins McSharry there for the final tomorrow. Evgeniia Chikunova laid down a marker with a 2.20.71 time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ireland&#x2019;s Ellie McCartney. Photograph: Andrea Staccioli\/Inpho\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LZB24RNH4XVJHWXDGCFGVQQK6E.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Ireland\u2019s Ellie McCartney. Photograph: Andrea Staccioli\/Inpho <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Next up is Ellie McCartney, to see if she can make the final. Start list:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list \">\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Kay-Lyn Lohr<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \"><b>Ellie McCartney<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Kotryna Teterevkova<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Angharad Evans<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Evgeniia Chikunova<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Tes Schouten<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Lena Ludwig<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Yana Klikotska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Mona McSharry wins her 200m breaststroke semi-final!<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">A very smooth swim, led throughout, although she was pushed by Zmushka and Elendt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">She swims 2.23.53, laid down a marker but also more in the tank with regard her personal best.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ireland&#x2019;s Mona McSharry. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57ADC7QOVIY7QGQT37X4OPG4BY.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Ireland\u2019s Mona McSharry. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Mona McSharry is out in the pool for the 200m breaststroke semi-final. Here is the start list:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list \">\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Anna Pirovano<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Clara Rybak-Andersen<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Alina Zmushka<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \"><b>Mona McSharry<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Anna Elendt<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Nikoleta Trnikova<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Lisa Angiolini<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Jenna Laukkanen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Danielle Hill finishes eighth in the 50m backstroke<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Sara Curtis breaks the world record again 26.56 seconds, another stunning swim. Hill finishes last in 27.91.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Moluh second 27.06 for France. Lauren Cox 27.15 for Britain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ireland&#x2019;s Danielle Hill. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUUP6KPTOAT7KK7U4GZ4L55BEI.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Ireland\u2019s Danielle Hill. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli\/Inpho <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Hungary\u2019s Kristof Milak wins the 100m butterfly, with Ireland\u2019s Danielle Hill coming up next in the pool. Here is the start list for the 50m backstroke:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list \">\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Lauren Cox<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Marrit Steenbergen<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Sara Curtis<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Alina Gaifutdinova<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Tesse Giele<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Analia Pigree<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item \">Danielle Hill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Hello and welcome to live coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/european-athletics-championships\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/european-athletics-championships\/\">European athletics<\/a> and swimming championships in London and Paris respectively. After two medals in the pool last night, there are more chances for Danielle Hill and Jack Kelly, you would have to say outside chances though, but you never know on the day. It\u2019s a different story later in athletics where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/mark-english\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/mark-english\/\">Mark English<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rhasidat-adeleke\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rhasidat-adeleke\/\">Rhasidat Adeleke<\/a> go into their finals among the fastest qualifiers and will have medals in mind in the 800m and 200m. Both races are late starts, well after 9pm, but well worth tuning in for to see.<\/p>\n<p><b>European swimming championships<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Women\u2019s 50m backstroke final:<\/b> Danielle Hill (5.36pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Women\u2019s 200m breaststroke semi-finals:<\/b> Ellie McCartney, Mona McSharry (6.07pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Men\u2019s 200m breaststroke final:<\/b> Jack Kelly (6.29pm)<\/p>\n<p><b>European Athletics Championships<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Men\u2019s 200m semi-finals:<\/b> Sean Aigboboh, Marcus Lawler (8.05pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Men\u2019s 800m final:<\/b> Mark English (9.28pm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><b>Women\u2019s 200m final:<\/b> Rhasidat Adeleke (9.50pm)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European swimming championships Women\u2019s 50m backstroke final: Danielle Hill finishes eighth Women\u2019s 200m breaststroke semi-finals: Ellie McCartney, Mona&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,69966,19,17,10888,119300,8302,132],"class_list":["post-635381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-eire","tag-european-athletics-championships","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mark-english","tag-mona-mcsharry","tag-rhasidat-adeleke","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117089372836401199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}