Written 2 years ago by Will O'Callaghan

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Nicholas Quinn has qualified for the Olympic swimming by taking two seconds off his lifetime best in the 200m breaststroke.

Quinn took gold in the Eindhoven Swim Cup in the Netherlands in 2 minutes, 11-point-24 seconds, inside the A standard of 2:11.66.

The Castlebar swimmer had come close to his previous lifetime best in the semi-final.

He trains and studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Quinn joins Shane Ryan, who qualifies to swim for Ireland through his Portarlington-native father Thomas, and Fiona Doyle on the Irish swimming team for the Olympics.

Laois’ para-swimmer Nicole Turner also enjoyed a successful weekend in Holland – achieving two lifetime bests – as the teenager builds up for the European Championships in Portugal later this month.

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