{"id":589643,"date":"2024-06-22T03:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T10:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=589643"},"modified":"2024-06-22T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T15:16:52","slug":"european-championships-day-6-prelims-shane-ryan-inside-paris-50-free-cut-with-21-82-irish-record-outside-swim-ireland-qualification-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-6-prelims-shane-ryan-inside-paris-50-free-cut-with-21-82-irish-record-outside-swim-ireland-qualification-window\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Day 6 Prelims: Shane Ryan Inside Paris 50 Free Cut With 21.82 Irish Record, Outside Swim Ireland Qualification Window"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Championships, Day 6 Prelims: Shane Ryan Inside Paris 50 Free Cut With 21.82 Irish Record, Outside Swim Ireland Qualification Window<\/h4>\n

Shane Ryan<\/strong> set an Irish 50 free record of 21.82 to go inside the Olympic cut but with the Swim Ireland<\/strong> qualification window for Paris 2024 having already shut.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old entered the race with a PB of 22.6 before slicing 0.8 from that mark in the Serbian capital with his first 50 free in a couple of years.<\/p>\n

It also saw him cut 0.12 from Tom Fannon\u2019s<\/strong> national standard of 21.94 set at last month\u2019s Irish Championships, which doubled as trials for Paris 2024, a time he matched on Friday at the Sette Colli in Rome.<\/p>\n

Of huge significance, Ryan\u2019s time was well within the Paris QT of 21.96 but Swim Ireland policy dictated that the qualification window banged shut after last month\u2019s Irish Open Championships.<\/p>\n

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Shane Ryan: Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

Swimmers had three opportunities to qualify for the Games at the World Championships in Fukuoka and Doha as well as the Irish Championships in May, which represented the final opportunity to book a spot in Paris.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s 50 free standard was Ryan’s second Irish record of the European Championships after he lowered his own 100 free mark set at last month\u2019s trials to 48.39, 0.05secs outside the Paris cut.<\/p>\n

Swim Ireland have qualified men’s and women’s medley relays for the Games although selections have yet to be announced with Ryan jostling for a spot.<\/p>\n