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Published 09:57 26 Jul 2021 BST
Updated 09:59 26 Jul 2021 BST
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"I was really just going out there to race. It's all about getting your hands on the wall first," said the Sligo woman."It may have been a bit slower, but I feel a bit more confident in how I swam that race than the race previous. No-one is given a medal before they go into a final...we all have an equal chance..." https://twitter.com/RTEsport/status/1419580640085819393 The pressure may be high but the most refreshing part of all of this is that McSharry, as she talked about stopping to take it all in, seems to be enjoying every second of it. "Last night after I did my warm down and cool down, it kind of hit me that I was in a semi-final, and that buzz is just unbelievable. You can't get any higher than this. I noticed when I was going down to the start that I was shaking, my arm was shaking a little bit with the excitement of it all. "My whole body knows that this is a really big experience and even though my mind is so focused on racing at the moment, I do know deep down that this is something that I will look back on in years and something that I will be so proud of."
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