Ellen Keane has taken bronze in the 100m breaststroke SB8 at the World Para Swimming Championships in London with a season's best performance.
Gold was taken by the UK's Brock Whiston who won the race in a world record time of 1:13:83, winning by over eight seconds from Canada's Katarina Roxon.
Marginally behind Roxon was Keane, taking bronze with a time of 1:22:42.
She's done it @keane_ellen has won bronze at the World Championships! Brilliant swim from a brilliant athlete #keano #london2019 #paraswimming 🥉🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/xuowGB6LT9
— Paralympics Ireland (@ParalympicsIRE) September 15, 2019
It was Ireland's second medal of the championships, after Nicole Turner took bronze in the 50m butterfly S6 on Saturday night.
Turner was back in the pool tonight, finishing seventh in the final of her 100m breaststroke.
