SWIMMING: Records keep tumbling for Ferguson at World Junior Championships in Singapore

Swimming prospect Conor Ferguson set a third Irish junior record at the World Junior Championships in Singapore on Thursday morning.
By John Gillespie
Published 27th Aug 2015, 12:29 BST
Conor Ferguson. Photograph: PresseyeConor Ferguson. Photograph: Presseye
Conor Ferguson. Photograph: Presseye

The Larne Swimming Club talent, who lives in Jordanstown, clocked 26.07 in the 50m backstroke semi-final.

He was just 0.1 of a second from claiming a place in the final and was 11th overall.

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On Tuesday Ferguson twice broke the Irish junior 100m backstroke record on the first day of competition.

He progressed from the morning heats to the semi-final in 55.94 seconds, breaking 56 seconds for the first time and knocking .23 of a second off the record of 56.17 that he had set just over a month ago at the Irish Age Group Championships.

Ferguson went on to smash that time clocking 55.60 seconds where he placed eighth in the faster of the two semi-finals, putting him 12th overall.