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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago
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John Shortt wins gold medal in European men's 200m backstroke and sets new world junior record

Galway swimmer John Shortt won his first senior international gold and set a world junior record of 1:47.89 while breaking Irish senior and junior records.
fromIrish Independent
3 months ago
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'There's just so much pride getting up on the podium, singing my national anthem' - John Shortt celebrates winning World gold

Eighteen-year-old Diarmuid Shortt won World junior 100m backstroke gold in 53.86, narrowly missing his Irish junior record and becoming Ireland's second World junior champion.
fromIrish Independent
3 months ago
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'There's just so much pride getting up on the podium, singing my national anthem' - John Shortt celebrates winning World gold

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fromIrish Independent
3 months ago

John Shortt on Daniel Wiffen's 'beast' praise after huge week of World Junior success and Leaving Cert results

On Monday evening, Shortt attended a homecoming at Galway Corinthians rugby club, where he'd spent much of his sporting youth before deciding, as an U-16, that the time was right to focus on swimming. "I didn't expect so many people to show up," he says of the welcome back. "I think half the town was there. It was great seeing everybody and I was just very proud."
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