Róisín Ní Riain and Dearbhaile Brady both claimed silver medals on day five of the World Para Swimming European Championships in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Limerick's Ní Riain secured her third European medal of the week as she powered to silver in the 200m individual medley final (SM13).
She produced another outstanding performance, leading the field heading into the final 50m after going stroke for stroke with Italy’s Carlotta Gilli through the opening three lengths.
Ní Riain fought all the way to the wall, stopping the clock at 2:28.15 to add to the gold and silver she has already won this week.
"That hurt so much at the end," she said afterwards. "I must have left it all out there until the 150m because I had absolutely nothing on that last 50m, but I gave it my best."
Two hours later, the National Centre (Limerick) swimmer was back on the blocks for the 50m freestyle final (S13), finishing fourth in a time of 28.49.
Competing in the 50m freestyle final (S6), Brady stormed home in a time of 35.48 to take silver.
Brady served up an epic battle with Swiss competitor Nora Meister, with both leading the field from the off. On the touch, Brady finished just 0.22 seconds behind her rival.
"I feel tired. I tried to give it my all, but you know what? I’m not going to complain with a silver tonight," she said.
"I really gave it what I could tonight. I gave it everything. I was the fastest this morning, and I said if I could do it again, or be close, I’d be happy, medal or no medal."
Emersyn Scully brought her campaign to a close in typical fashion, setting a new personal best in the 200m individual medley (SM14) and finishing eighth in tonight’s final.
Her time of 2:44.30 was her sixth personal best across three events, all of which she reached the European final in.
Síomha Nic Brádaigh closed out her week with a third European final, this time in the 100m Freestyle (S7). The Lisburn swimmer clocked a time of 1:23.60 to finish seventh overall.
Ní Riain, Brady and Luke Brennan will return to action on Saturday, while Ellie Lynch and Luke O’Donoghue will make their long-awaited senior international debuts.
