Two athletes, Liam Jegou and Erin Riordan, will represent Ireland and County Clare at the Olympics 2024 in Paris. Follow Independent Clare on FacebookLiam won silver at the World Junior Championships in 2014 and, despite a hip surgery in 2017, won bronze at World U23s in 2019. Liam was 16th at the 2022 European Championships, and 30th and 31st respectively at the last two World Championships. While 24-year-old and Whitegate native Erin Riordan will be part of Ireland’s 400m freestyle relay team along with Victoria Catterson, Grace Davison and Danielle Hill. Erin and the team will be the first women’s relay team to represent Ireland at the Olympics since Munich 1972.

Source: Irish Independent July 24, 2024 08:20 UTC