For many Olympic hopefuls, the nagging self-doubt will generally focus on whether they can produce a time good enough to qualify for the main event.
Growing up surrounded by champion boxers, Brendan Hyland could so easily have gone down a different sporting path.
Cathal O'Brien wants to be the next Henry Shefflin or wear Irish colours at the Olympics - and for a youngster accustomed to overcoming obstacles, the sky is the limit.
Considering Clare Cryan couldn't swim properly when she was first approached about taking up diving, she has certainly come a long way.
Swim Ireland have received a major boost with Tesco Ireland coming on board as title sponsors.
He knows what they say, the critics tapping away on message boards under the cloak of anonymity. Shane Ryan has seen the comments from those who believe he's just a Plastic Paddy, using Ireland as...
Jordan Sloan powered his way to 200m freestyle gold at the Irish Open Championships in a time of 1:48.44, edging Jack McMillan at the National Aquatic Centre.
Darragh Greene set an event record at the Irish Open Championships to secure 100m breaststroke gold on an opening day that also delivered three national records.
The Irish records continue to fall but Shane Ryan bowed out at the semi-final stage in today's 100m freestyle at the World Championships in China.
Shane Ryan made history by claiming Ireland's first World Championship swimming medal as he took bronze in the 50m backstroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Hangzhou,...
Ireland's Shane Ryan has won bronze in the final of the 50m backstroke at the World Short Course...
Shane Ryan will have high hopes of producing a good performance in the final of the 50m backstroke at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in China today after another...
Ireland's Shane Ryan will compete in the final of the 50m backstroke final at the World Short Course...
Irish swimmers continued their assault on the record books as the FINA World Short Course Championships got under way in Hangzhou, China.
Swim Ireland's Short Course National Championships concluded in Lisburn yesterday with a further four records set, bringing the total to 18 over the past four days.
Two lawsuits have been filed against FINA in California in a challenge of the perceived monopoly held by swimming's world governing body.
Mona McSharry continued her impressive form on Day 2 of the Irish Short Course (25m) Swimming Championships in Lisburn yesterday as the 18-year-old broke Michelle de Bruin's (née Smith) 1995...
There was unconfined joy for the Irish team at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires last night when Dublin swimmer Niamh Coyne claimed a silver medal.
Ireland's Niamh Coyne has won a silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games tonight.
RTÉ Sport presenter Paul O'Flynn went from writing headlines to making them as he won the Liffey Swim race in Dublin this afternoon.
Swimmer Ellen Keane won Ireland's first gold medal at the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships after a dominant final...
Ellen Keane says she is 'delighted' to have won her first medal at the World Para Allianz European Swimming Championships at the National Aquatic...
Team Ireland missed out on their first medal of the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin as Ellen Keane finished fourth, narrowly edged out after an exhilarating 100m backstroke...
Portarlington's Nicole Turner was best of the Irish at the Para Swimming European Championships yesterday when settling for fifth in the final of the 200m individual medley at the National Aquatics...
Like the other seven Irish competitors competing in the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships at the National Aquatic Centre...
There is huge irony in the fact that the one subject Nicole Turner gets to sit out in school is physical education. That's because this 16-year-old Para swimming star is already training 14 hours a...
The Irish 4x100m medley relay team were denied a place in the European championship final after they were disqualified following an illegal takeover in...
Ireland's Mona McSharry will compete in the semi-finals of the 50m breastroke at the European Championships later today.
Ireland's Shane Ryan has qualified for the final of the 50m backstroke in the European Championship in Glasgow after coming second in today's semis.
Ireland's Shane Ryan cemented his place as a medal favourite at the European Swimming...
American swimming star Ryan Lochte has accepted a 14-month doping ban after he posted a picture...
American swimming star Ryan Lochte has accepted a 14-month doping ban after he posted a picture on Instagram of himself and his wife receiving...
We do indignation well in this country, especially about sport, as demonstrated whenever Irish athletes under-perform at major events.
A 99-year-old Australian swimmer has smashed a world record for his age group at this week’s Commonwealth Games trials in Queensland.
Conor Ferguson brought Ireland’s European Short Course Championships to a close in Copenhagen last night with a new Irish record in the semi-finals of the 50m backstroke after Mona McSharry set...
It starts like this: a 4.0am alarm drags her from her sleep, and no matter how strong the temptation to roll over, Mona McSharry will always concede to its demands.
Sligo’s Mona McSharry aims for more glory in the 200m breaststroke today after claiming gold for Ireland at the 100m event in the World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis on...
Ireland's Mona McSharry swam her way into the history books as she claimed gold in the World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis...
Ireland's 26 year wait for a swimming gold medal at the World University Games is over after Shane Ryan broke the Irish record in Taipei today.
A Spanish swimmer sacrificed his own race in the final Masters World Championship in order to...
Adam Peaty shook his head in disbelief after clocking an astonishing second world record in the 50 metres breaststroke at the World...
The most decorated Olympian of all time Michael Phelps will race against a great white shark as part of Discovery's Shark Week.
More than 40 countries will send teams to Ireland for the 2018 Para Swimming European Championships.
Irish swimming has enjoyed a golden moment at swimming's European Junior Championships in Israel after Mona McSharry claimed the top spot on the podium in the 50m breaststroke.
Jordan Sloan and Mona McSharry highlighted another night of fast swimming as the Irish Open Swimming Championships continued at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin.
Irish swimmers were in impressive form with a number of records downed on the opening day of the Irish Open Swimming Championships at the...
Australian swimming great Grant Hackett has been located safe and well according to Australian...
Enzo Maiorca who has died aged 85, was the first man to dive 50m (164ft) without breathing apparatus; a feat previously believed to be physiologically impossible.
Olympic champion Mack Horton has thanked an anonymous spectator who potentially saved his life by noticing an abnormal mole on his chest.
Oliver Dingley, Ireland's first diver in 68 years to compete at an Olympic Games, has qualified for the semi-final of the 3m springboard after a 13th place finish in last night's preliminaries at Rio's...
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