Daniel Wiffen put in a late surge to retain his 1500m freestyle title in an exhilarating remaining on the European Quick Course Championships in Poland.
Workforce Eire swimmer Wiffen, who gained Olympic gold within the 800m on the Paris Olympics, was second for almost all of the race behind Zalan Sarkany.
Nonetheless, the 24-year-old put in a surprising remaining 100 metres to beat a 1.12 second deficit to the Hungarian.
Wiffen took the lead for the primary time with 50 metres to go and gained gold by 1.55 seconds over Sarkany, in a time of 14:13.96.
It’s a first gold medal for Wiffen, who’s from Northern Eire, since he had surgical procedure on his appendix in August.
It’s his second medal of the championships after he completed third behind former Eire team-mate Jack McMillan within the 200m freestyle remaining on Tuesday.
McMillan, from Northern Eire, will race within the males’s 200m freestyle remaining for Nice Britain at 19:27 GMT.
Wiffen’s win secured a second gold medal for Eire in Poland after John Shortt gained the 200m backstroke race on Wednesday.
Within the girls’s 200m breaststroke, Eire’s Ellie McCartney booked her place in Friday’s remaining by profitable the primary semi-final.
McCartney set the quickest total time with 2:18.81, simply 0.03 seconds forward of Nice Britain’s Angharad Evans, who gained the second semi-final.
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