Darragh Greene has officially been selected the Swimming team who will compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.
Greene is one of nine Irish swimmers set to compete across 14 events, becoming the largest swim team that Ireland has ever fielded in an Olympic Games.
The swimmers will be in action in the newly built Tokyo Aquatics Centre from Saturday 24 July – Sunday 1 August 2021.
“The Olympics have been something that I have dreamt about for a long time, and it is a real honour to be officially selected to compete for Team Ireland in Tokyo” said Longford’s Darragh Greene.
“It has taken a lot of work to get to here, and to be surrounded by a strong team of swimmers makes it all the more special” added Greene.
“The standard of racing in Ireland is so high across the board, and it’s great to be finally saying that we are going to Tokyo!”
Swimmers were faced with the first opportunity to achieve the standard in 2019, when Darragh Greene qualified in the 100m Breaststroke at the World Championships.
The remaining five swimmers Rio Olympian Shane Ryan, Mona McSharry, Daniel Wiffen, Danielle Hill and Ellen Walshe showed their class by coming into form just in time for the Games, recording personal bests and FINA A times at the Tokyo Trials and Swim Ireland Performance Meet in April and June.
The Team Ireland Olympic quota spot in the Men’s 4 X 200m Freestyle Relay was confirmed following the close of rankings in June 2021.
Team Ireland swimmers:
Darragh Greene
Danielle Hill
Brendan Hyland
Finn McGeever
Jack McMillan
Mona McSharry
Shane Ryan
Ellen Walshe
Daniel Wiffen
