Five Irish swimmers were in finals action on the second day of the 2026 Para Swimming World Series in Barcelona.
Two-time Paralympic medallist Róisín Ní Riain came through the 100m breaststroke final (SB13) in fifth, clocking a time of 1:18.88. She returns to action tomorrow for the 400m freestyle (S13).
"I think I surprised myself yesterday by getting up and doing a PB in the heat," she said. "I couldn't tell you the last time I did that; I probably haven't done it since I was an age or summer swimmer, so I'm pretty happy after the first two days."
Deaten Registe appeared in the Barcelona pool for the first time this week, posting a big season’s best the 100m breaststroke final (SB14).
Registe posted his third-fastest-ever swim with 1:08.47, dropping nearly two seconds from his heat swim. Earlier in the session, the Lisburn man set a new lifetime best in the 200m freestyle (S14), clocking 2:12.75, and followed this up with 2:12.94 in the B final.
Following her 50m butterfly silver medal on Thursday, Dearbhaile Brady finished fifth in the 100m breaststroke (SB6) with a time of 1:49.11.
Both Luke Brennan and Luke O’Donoghue were back in action tonight, this time competing in the 100m breaststroke youth final.
Brennan went 1:33.16 to finish sixth, another positive swim for Brennan following his bronze medal last night.
O’Donoghue finished just behind his Irish team-mate in seventh after recording lifetime bests on two consecutive occasions today.
Earlier today, Maya Hogan clocked 1:52.86 in the 100m breaststroke (SB10), while Sam Black made his first appearance of the week, swimming in both the 100m breaststroke SB14 (1:36.17) and 200m freestyle S14 (2:25.57).
