Swimming: Ellen Keane narrowly misses out on Dublin podium place

Nicole Turner also edged out at 2018 Para European Swimming Championships

Ireland's Ellen Keane missed out on a medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly S9 final at the 2018 Para European Swimming Championships in Dublin on Wednesday night.

Keane swam a time of 1.12.44 - leaving her in fourth place behind Spain's Nuria Marques Soto (1.10.40).

Spain also took gold through Sarai Gascon, who swam to a time of 1.08.24 - 0.94 seconds behind Britain's silver medallist Toni Shaw.

Despite her disappointment on Wednesday Keane still has plenty to look forward to at the championships - the Rio 2016 bronze medal winner has another three events lined up at the National Aquatic Centre.

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Earlier Barry McClements finished fifth in the men’s 100 metre butterfly S9 final with a time of 1.03.76.

Italy's Federico Morlacchi took gold in a time of 1.00.11 - a fraction ahead of compatriot Simone Barlaam who won silver after swimming 1.00.76.

In a hotly-contested final Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz of Spain secured bronze with a time of 1.01.15 - ahead of Croatia’s Kristijan Vincetic who finished in front of McClements after swimming 1.02.23.

Meanwhile Nicole Turner also narrowly missed out on a podium place in the women's 100 metre breaststroke SB6 final, which was won by Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton.

Summers-Newton had already swam just the second ever Ireland-set para-swimming world record of 2:59.60 seconds in the women’s 200 individual medley SM6 event on Tuesday.

And she added another on Wednesday night - winning gold in a staggering world record time of 1.33.36 - finishing 7.93 seconds ahead of compatriot and Paralympic hero Ellie Simmonds.

Ireland’s Turner was just pipped by Simmonds in Wednesday morning’s heats, finishing second in a time of 1.44.76 - 1.36 seconds off the winner.

And she eclipsed this time in the final - swimming 1.43.69 - but she was beaten into third by the Ukraine’s Viktoriia Savtsova, who took bronze in a time of 1.41.93.