The 2025 Para Swimming World Championships got underway yesterday, with Roisín Ní Ríaian already securing a bronze medal.
On her World Championship debut, Síomha Nic Brádaigh produced a superb personal best of 03:25.82 in the S7 200m event, securing 6th place and underlining her promise at this level.
There was more to cheer in the evening session as Róisín Ní Riain, already a double Paralympic medallist, delivered a typically determined performance. Having qualified from her S13 100m Butterfly heat in second place, she returned to the pool to battle her way to a brilliant bronze medal finish, clocking 01:04.47 in a fiercely contested final.
Ní Riain had previously won silver in the event at the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester but was edged out of the medals at last year’s Paralympic Games.
“I did not realise how close of a race that was,” she said.
“To be honest, I’m happy with it. It’s been a slightly newer event focus for me, so hopefully over the coming years I can get better and better.”
Both Ní Riain and Nic Brádaigh have already been in action today, with Ní Ríain advancing to the final of the SB13 Breaststroke Final at 13:16, and Nic Brádaigh finishing 6th in the S7 400m Freestyle.
The remaining three members of the Irish squad will begin their campaigns tomorrow. You can track all times of competition and broadcast visibility in our Rolling Guide to TV Sports and Streaming.
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Progression to finals is dependent on heat results, with the exception of Dearbhaile Brady, who goes directly to all finals.
Sept 22 – Day 2
Síomha Nic Brádaigh, S7 400m Freestyle
Róisín Ní Riain, SB13 100m Breaststroke
Sept 23 – Day 3
Deaten Registe, SB14 100m Breaststroke
Dearbhaile Brady, SM6 200m IM
Barry McClements, S9 100m Butterfly
Sept 24 – Day 4
Róisín Ní Riain, S13 100m Backstroke
Síomha Nic Brádaigh, S7 100m Backstroke
Sept 25 – Day 5
Dearbhaile Brady, S6 50m Freestyle
Sept 26 – Day 6
Róisín Ní Riain, S13 400m Freestyle
Barry McClements, S9 100m Backstroke
Dearbhaile Brady, SB6 100m Breaststroke
Sept 27 – Day 7
Dearbhaile Brady, S6 50m Butterfly
Róisín Ní Riain, SM13 200m IM
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