European champion Ellen Walshe smashes Irish swimming record TWICE as John Shortt bags more gold at Winter Championships

ELLEN WALSHE smashed the Irish 200m freestyle record – twice – at the National Winter Swimming Championships. The European champion broke the record in the heats and the final at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre on Saturday. The Templeogue swimmer clocked 1:55.23 in Saturday morning’s heats, taking .67 of a second off Victoria Catterson’s…