Sligo's Mona McSharry qualified for the semi-finals of the women's 200 metres breaststroke at the World Swimming Championships in Japan following a top 16 finish in Thursday morning's heats.
McSharry, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the 100m breaststroke final on Tuesday, finished fifth in heat 3 of the 200m on Thursday, in a time of 2:26.59, which was 16th quickest overall.
Speaking to Swim Ireland after Thursday morning's heat, McSharry said: "It felt relatively comfortable for a 200m in the morning so that’s kind of exciting. Hopefully I can build on that tonight and go faster.
"I feel like the smallest tweaks in the 200m can make a world of difference, so it would just be nice to play around with that tonight."
Her semi-final takes place at 1.19pm (Irish time) on Thursday.
