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Many Swim Ireland<\/strong> high-performance athletes have today returned to the water at the National Aquatic Centre<\/strong> in Dublin but Mona McSharry<\/strong> is not among them with the European short-course bronze medallist choosing to instead stay with family in Sligo.<\/p>\n

It was announced on Friday<\/a> that swimmers who had been identified as potential Tokyo 2020 Olympians and Paralympians would be able to resume water-based training at the Sport Ireland campus in the capital of the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

This meant a return for the likes of\u00a0Shane Ryan<\/strong>, 2018 European 50m back bronze medallist, and triple national record holders\u00a0Brendan Hyland<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Darragh Greene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Stephen McCarthy \/ SPORTSFILE<\/p><\/div>\n

Breaststroke specialist McSharry was one of those given the option of returning to the pool but the 19-year-old instead chose to remain with family in County Sligo, north-west Ireland, where she grew up by the sea in Grange with brother Mauric and parents Aiden and Viola.<\/p>\n

In an interview with RTE 2FM<\/a>, McSharry said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was given the offer but because I live in Sligo I made the decision to hold off because I didn\u2019t feel like travelling to Dublin and staying there full-time was a good decision for me because I pretty much would have been alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I decided to just to wait and hopefully my pool here will be able to offer me something soon enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did weigh it up. The idea of getting back in the water sounds amazing but I didn\u2019t want to be doing four hours of training a day and then what am I doing for the rest of the time I\u2019m there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just thought for me personally I have to keep my mental strength strong as well and kind of isolating myself three hours away from my family didn\u2019t sound like the right idea for me. I am just going to keep working away here and like I said hopefully the pool will open eventually.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Mona McSharry<\/p><\/div>\n

McSharry, who won her first senior international medal when she took 50m breaststroke bronze at the European short-course meet in Glasgow in December, is keeping fit through sea swimming, cycling, running and some gym.<\/p>\n

Neither is she too concerned about losing ground of her fellow competitors who have been back in the water longer than she.<\/p>\n

On the horizon is the next stage in her life as she prepares to leave Ireland for the United States and the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

McSharry, who was both world and European junior 100 breast champion in 2017, is set to take flight in July and she said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all kind of going ahead at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re kind of all waiting to hear what the college is going to do to be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been chatting with coaches over there and my team and at the moment the plan is to just go ahead as if I am going over there so that is what I am planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I will be going over probably at the end of July. It will definitely be a different year than other freshman have experienced but I should be over there for the year so that will be really nice because I hate to think I would have to put it on hold for another year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McSharry spoke to Swimming World at the McCullagh International Meet in Bangor, Northern Ireland, in February with lockdown a little more than a month away.<\/p>\n

There she spoke about the importance of being a role model – and little did she realise how pertinent her words were at that time – the transition from junior to senior and leading a new generation.<\/p>\n

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