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Ireland's Daniel Wiffen is set to compete in the 10k swim at the Olympic Games which is set to take place on the River Seine. Photograph: Andrea Staccioli/InphoThe race is due to take place in the river Seine on Friday, August 9th, after the pool events in the first week of the Games, where Wiffen is also entered in the 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle.
Wiffen is the number one ranked swimmer in the world this season in the men’s 800 and 1,500 freestyle, the 22-year-old from Armagh having won both titles at the World Championships in Doha back in February.Irish equestrian team riding ‘crest of a wave’ towards Paris Olympics“It’s on my schedule, yeah,” Wiffen told The Irish Times last week. “To be honest, it depends on how the pool goes, but I am entered though.
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