Ireland's Shane Ryan has missed out on a place in final of the men's 100 metres backstroke at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest.
Ryan finished sixth in the second semi final in a time of 53.94 seconds, quicker than his morning heat time by 0.4 of a second, and 12th overall.
The Rio 2016 Olympian was just 0.18 of a second outside the top eight that made the final.
@shaneryanpsu converts from heat to semi final to finish 12th in the world and narrowly miss the World Champs Final by only 0.18 #shamROCK pic.twitter.com/zXacogKvIv
— Swim Ireland (@swimireland) July 24, 2017
Sixteen-year-old European Junior champion Mona McSharry made her World Championships debut in the 100m breaststroke heats. finishing 24th overall.
McSharry swam only one event in Budapest and now concentrates fully on the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis in August.
The Sligo native touched eight in a time of 1:08.52.
Jordan Sloan failed to progress from the 200 metre freestyle heats. The Bangor man swam 1:49.17 to finish ninth in his heat and 37th overall.
