Ellen Walshe wins gold in European Aquatics 200m butterfly to cap brilliant week in Poland

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Ireland’s Ellen Walshe celebrates after winning gold in the women’s 200m butterfly final during day six of the European Short Course Swimming Championships at Lublin, Poland. Photo: Nikola Krstic/Sportsfile

Ellen Walshe has won gold in the 200m butterfly on the final day of the European Aquatics Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland.

The Templeogue star, who won silver in the 200m individual medley final on Saturday night, touched home first in a time of 2:03.24 ahead of Denmark’s Helena Rosendahl Bach and Italy’s Anita Gastaldi.

Walshe will go for another medal tonight in the final of the 400m individual medley in what has proved to be a glittering week for Irish swimming with a haul of seven medals.

Last Tuesday, Daniel Wiffen started Ireland’s medal haul with bronze in the men’s 400m freestyle final.

John Shortt then claimed gold in the men’s 200m backstroke final on Wednesday, before Wiffen stormed to a gold medal in the 1500m freestyle on Thursday.

Later that evening, Evan Bailey won bronze in the men’s 200m freestyle.

On Saturday, Walshe won silver in the 200m individual medley, while Wiffen claimed the bronze medal in the men’s 800m freestyle.

Earlier today, the Ireland men’s team fell short in their bid to reach the 4x50m medley final with a fourth-place finish in a time of 1:35.18.