EOIN Corby of Clarina claimed a brilliant silver in the 200m Breaststroke at the European U23 Swimming Championships in Samorini, Slovenia.
It was his first international medal.
He followed in the footsteps of such recent luminaries of the sport in Mona McSharry and Daniel Wiffin.
Corby was impressive in his execution of the race going from seventh after 50m, to sixth after 100m, he moved to third after 150m and closed out to claim silver in 2:10.50.
The time a significant one for the 23-year-old who was exactly on his personal best set back in 2021.
Gold in the race went to Austria’s Luka Mladenovic in 2:10.08 with Ukraine’s Maksym Ovchinnikiv taking bronze in 2:10.77.
Speaking after the race Corby said: “Obviously, I’m delighted with that race, I knew after this morning I had a bit more in me, I’d a quick finish and I just kind of tried to build on that this evening. I know a lot of the guys in the race, I know how they race, they know how I race, so just about playing to your advantages and your strengths putting the race together this evening, so I’m very very happy with it.”
