Tom Hannon finishes two hundredths of a second inside qualification time to seal Olympic berth

Already the first and only Irishman to break 22 seconds in the 50 metres freestyle, Hannon took the win on day two of Swim Ireland’s Olympic Trials in 21.94 seconds, taking .01 off his Irish record and finishing just .02 inside the required qualifying time for Paris. Close, but Hannon gets his cigar, the fifth individual Irish swimmer now qualified for Paris.

After turning 26 on Monday, Hannon was clearly elated with his 21.94, swimming 21.95 at this event last year to erase the over-decade-old national record of 22.14 set by Barry Murphy, on the books since the super-suited 2009 World Championships. Hannon moved to Dublin in 2021, now based with national squad at Abbotstown, and finished ahead of Calum Bain, a close second, touching home in 22.24., already safely qualified for the Paris in three events, looked to help pace his twin brother Nathan under the Olympic qualification time in the 800m freestyle.Targeting the Paris time of 7:51.65, in the end Nathan won in 7:54.69, another two-second improvement on his previous best, as Daniel clearly eased up to take second, in 8:00.61.

“I knew after about 150m, we were falling off the pace, but he only started the freestyle a year and a half ago, he keeps progressing ever time he races. He’s still got that chance in the 1,500m.”

Olympic-Games Daniel-Wiffen

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