Ireland's Mona McSharry & Emma Reid Were Both In Semi-Final Action On The Opening Day Of Competition At The European Games In Baku

Ireland's Mona McSharry and Emma Reid were both in semi-final action on the opening day of competition at the European Games in Baku after they qualified form this morning heats in the 50m Breaststroke and 200m Butterfly.

Having swum a best time of 32.84 in the 50m Breaststroke this morning Mona McSharry could not improve on that time finishing in 33 seconds in the semi-final, the time placed her 15th overall. The Marlins (Donegal) swimmer will be back in the pool tomorrow in the heats of the 100m Breaststroke and will be joined by Niamh Kilgallen. Russia's Maria Astashkina was the fastest qualifier for the 50m Breaststroke Final in 31.47 seconds.

Despite swimming a new personal best in the 200m Butterfly semi-final, Emma Reid did not progress to the Final. Reid took over a second off her heat time finishing in 2 minutes 20.05 seconds to place 14th overall. The Ards SC swimmer will return to the pool on Thursday for the 100m Butterfly. Spain's Carmen Balbuena Heredia was the fastest qualifier for the 200m Butterfly Final in 2:11.52.

Also in action tomorrow James Brown, Andrew Moore, Benjamin Doyle and Alan Corby all compete in the heats of the 200m Individual Medley while Katie Baguley swims her main event, the 400m Freestyle.

Day 1 Results - Finals

Mona McSharry 50m Breaststroke H 32.84 (14th) SF 33.00 (15th)
Emma Reid 200m Butterfly H 2:21.35 (17th) SF 2:20.05 (14th)

Day 2 - Heats

W 400m Freestyle Katie Baguley
W 100m Breaststroke Niamh Kilgallen, Mona McSharry
M 200m IM James Brown, Andrew Moore, Benjamin Doyle, Alan Corby