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Limerick woman Róisín Ní Riain with her silver medal following the Women’s 400m Freestyle S13 final at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore on Friday
LIMERICK woman Róisín Ní Riain continued her impressive form at the Para Swimming World Championships touching home in second place in her 400m Freestyle S13 final to claim her fourth medal of the week in Singapore on Friday.
The Drombanna woman's silver medal winning performance in a time of 4:37.39 at the OCBC Aquatic Centre saw her achieve a personal best time that she has been chasing.
UL student Ní Riain, 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 on Friday after smashing her personal best by more than three seconds.
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Speaking after her win Ní Riain said: “I’m really happy with that swim I’ve been looking for a time like that now for a little while. There’s still so much more to come in that event I’ve only picked it back up again this year so to be able to come out and get my first major international medal in this event, I’m really happy with that.”
The final day of competition on Saturday will see Ní Riain contest Heat 2 of the SM13 200m Individual Medley.
Ní Riain is a Double Paralympic medallist from Paris 2024 and is competing in five events in Singapore this week.
The championships features more than 600 athletes from over 60 nations and is being hosted in Asia for the first time.
Ireland are represented by five swimmers who bring together a strong mix of international medal experience and emerging talent.
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