The 2026 World Para Swimming Championships reached the halfway point this morning in Turkey, with all three Irish para swimmers competing in the heats advancing to tonight’s finals.
 
Following last night’s European final, Róisín Ní Riain was back on the blocks to compete in the 100m Freestyle (S13) heats. The Limerick native had a productive morning with a solid swim, clocking a time of 1:01.85, just 0.27 seconds shy of her lifetime best. The performance saw Ní Riain win her heat and qualify for tonight’s final as the third-fastest swimmer overall.
 
Speaking after this morning’s heat, Ní Riain said: “That’s a really solid morning; the aim is obviously just to build on that tonight. It was a late-night last night getting back and everything like that, so some well-needed rest now before tonight.”
 
Deaten Registe, making his first appearance of the week, clocked a time of 1:08.44 in the 100m Breaststroke (SB14) to advance to tonight’s final. The Lisburn man qualified as the fourth-fastest swimmer, just one hundredth of a second behind Germany’s Florian Reiter.
  
Emersyn Scully, making her first appearance for Ireland at a senior international championships, produced another fine swim, setting her third consecutive lifetime best. The New Ross swimmer clocked 1:25.89 in the 100m Breaststroke (SB14), a time that was enough to advance to tonight’s final as the eighth-fastest qualifier overall. It marks Scully’s second final in as many days.
 
Ní Riain, Registe and Scully will join Dearbhaile Brady in today’s finals, with action set to get underway from 3pm (Irish time).