Sligo’s Mona McSharry last night bridged a 28 year gap in Irish swimming.
The Grange native took bronze in the Women’s 100 metre breaststroke final in Paris.
McSharry pipped Italy’s Benedetta Pinato to the wall by just one-hundredth of a second to win Ireland's first medal at the Games.
She has scant time to rest, as she’ll be back in the pool for tomorrow morning’s heats of the 200 metre breaststroke.
Ireland might not have long to wait for a second medal from the pool.
Daniel Wiffen qualified fastest for tonight’s final of the men’s 800 metre freestyle.
