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Nicole Turner Completes Stunning Week In Madeira With Fourth Medal

Friday, 21 May 2021 11:12

She leaves Portugal with two silvers and two bronzes.

Nicole Turner has ended a fantastic personal week by taking a silver medal in the 50m Butterfly at the World Para Swimming European Championships. 

The Portarlington teenager has already picked up two bronze medals in the 200m IM and 50m Freestyle along with another silver in the 100m Breaststroke. 

Her swim in the Freestyle was her first sub 36-second effort in the discipline. 

Yesterday she smashed another PB in the Breaststroke final to swim a time of 1:42.45. 

Here is her reaction to winning her second medal:

And in her final event just over an hour ago, she swam a time of 37.04 in her favoured event to finish second behind Eleanor Robinson of Great Britain. 

Here she is talking to Paralympics Ireland after her latest medal win:

It's full steam ahead now to Tokyo for the Portarlington swimmer who will have renewed confidence that she can compete for more medals on the grandest stage in a couple of months time. 

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