Róisín Ní Riain claimed her fourth medal of the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore with silver in the S13 400m freestyle.
The Limerick woman, who had already pocketed a silver in the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke, as well bronze medal in the 100m butterfly, climbed the podium again after smashing her personal best by more than three seconds with a time of 4:37.39.
Olivia Chambers of the USA was in control from the start, finishing with almost six seconds to spare over Ní Riain, who herself never looked in danger of being reeled in, with American Grace Nuhfer picking up a place in the final 50m to take bronze, more than six seconds down on the Irish swimmer.
"I'm really, really happy with that swim," the 20-year-old said afterwards. "I've been looking for a time like that for a little while now. There is still so much more to come in that event, I only picked it up again this year.
"To be able to come out and to pick up my first major international medal in this event is great."
Barry McClements set a new personal best time of 1:04.51 to finish sixth in his S9 100m backstroke final
"I just wanted to go out there and race," he said afterwards. "That's what I’m good at. I wanted to enjoy it; that’s the main part of this sport for me is enjoyment and I think I sort of forgot that this week."
Fresh from winning her first ever World Championship medal last night in the 50m freestyle, Dearbhaile Brady was back in the pool today contesting her third world final.
The 18-year-old swam a time of 1:49.24 in finishing seventh in her SB6 100m breaststroke final.
Saturday will see two Irish swimmers in the pool for the final day of action at the championships.
Róisín Ní Riain will contest the second heat of the SM13 200m individual medley, while Dearbhaile Brady goes straight into the S6 50m butterfly.
