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2020 Vision Silver Success for McSharry and Ferguson at European Juniors There has been further success for 2020 Vision members at the European Junior Championships in Netanya, Israel this weekend. 16-year-old Mona McSharry has added a silver to the gold she won earlier in the week in the final of the women's 200m breaststroke. Not only did she smash the Irish junior record, but she eclipsed the senior mark held by Fiona Doyle on her way to silver in a time of 2:27.22 mins. Mona has been back in the pool today, coming through the heats and semis of the women's 100m breaststroke, and establishing herself as the number one seed for tomorrow's final. Fellow 2020 Vision member Conor Ferguson was also amongst the medals, coming home in second in the final of the men's 50m backstroke, claiming the silver medal in a time of 25.27 secs. It is a busy summer for both Mona and Conor as they will also compete at the Senior World Championships later this month and again at the World Junior Championships. Mona was also helping the Irish team to a superb 4th place finish in the final of the 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay in a new Irish junior record time of 3:54.75 mins. Ireland has now claimed a gold and two silvers from these championships with Mona looking to add to her tally in the women's 100m breaststroke final tomorrow. Best of luck to her!

Any chance she can still make the relay squad for London?

I have forgotten about too many already

I had it on PS3 console... you could also get it on Xbox and PC. I also had the Mario and Sonic one for the DS

Thanks for the video, lovely performance from Judy and Vancouver Great news also about Anna.... hopefully we will see more Irish representation in future, Judy is tired waving that flag practically all on her own.

Stunning venue . Great news about Judy also, I hadn't heard anything

I am not anticipating re-living that so much .

2020 Vision Mona McSharry Mona McSharry claims gold at European Junior Championships It was a golden day in the pool for 2020 Vision Member Mona McSharry as she claimed the 50m breaststroke title at the European Junior Championships in Israel today. The 16-year-old set a new Irish senior record of 30.91secs in the semi-finals and claimed top spot on the podium in the final, finishing ahead of Poland's Weronika Hellmann. McSharry will go again in the women's 200m breaststroke heats tomorrow along with teammate Niamh Coyne. Elsewhere, Ellen Walshe knocked over a second off her personal best in the women's 200m butterfly, finishing in 10th place overall.

@hckosice come on, we all know you don't mind if you are in Spain or in Somalia, as long as you are by the sea .... pfff, who cares for categories I hear you say, when you can have lovely sea

Not much chance in appealing to UEFA when it is their stupid rules that allow for this kind of thing to happen. I really dislike these "best runner-up" rules just like we also have in FIFA World Cup qualifying where the second placed team with the least points don't even get a play-off. It is highly unjust, because the best groups usually have many teams who take points from each other and so the second placed team finishes on fewer points than a second placed team in a crazy easy group. Many rugby competitions are equally annoying in this regard.

Yes, like PDC darts world champs . That's the kind of winter sports I am into

It was awesome indeed.... I want to play it again now . I loved the gymnastics too.... I think I have some good placings on the worldwide list (or at least I used to) . There was a guy from Spain called Hulkaran who was just unbeatable

My favourite event in any of the Olympic video games.... playing this online was just the best fun ever

Yes, something like that. After playing it some days it began to get on my nerves

Well it wasn't the main menu music that was the problem.... do you remember the songs that played as you competed in each event?

Yes, and 16 nations if I remember right. The music was dreadful

Albania didn't even compete..... so there is a level below even the third league

Just say 2 go down.... and tell your federation to keep quiet

Yes, that is what makes it hard and we know this problem too. That means that if any of your top prospects are absent or have a disaster then you are running up a very steep hill from the start. Now that 3 teams are relegated it makes it harder and Hungary look like they could be dangerous next time too (though it's pretty useless to speculate about anything at this point in time).

Haha, pub closing time must be fun

Well you will very probably have better throwers and better jumpers than Ireland, of that I would be almost certain, as our field events are on a level of the third league . So that is why track events are crucial for us. But yeah, who knows what our situations will be in 2 years' time.... maybe some random life-form will float down from space and decide to pick up a javelin for Ireland. Make it so

Damn you and you low costs . Though probably a good thing that the price of beer is not €0.93 here.... everyone would be in the pubs and nothing would get done

As it is now a biennial competition, you are in the first league for 2019, you won't be in second league until 2021 at earliest and hopefully not even then . Yes, please let it be a good host, it's painful trying to follow it when you can't extract any information or results, let alone a live stream

Woohoo!! Congrats Lithuania Thank God indeed, the First League was too quiet in here this year with all the fun happening in your league. Now with you back and Slovakia in too, should be much better banter . Though one major note of warning to all you promoted teams, we are going to be up against Russia next time! Lord help us . But on the other hand if they are still banned by then that's one less relegation slot to worry about

We are on our way!! Though Séamus became a little wary when I mentioned the trip because last time I told him we were going on a trip we ended up stranded in St.Kilda. As much as he enjoyed the peacefulness and beautiful scenery, the lack of any pub made him grow restless But I promised him that the Slovakians are here and he remembered that they had bought him plenty of beer any time he met with them