Sir, – Mona McSharry, Ireland’s newest Olympic medallist, is a fantastic ambassador for Irish sport (“Mona McSharry wins brilliant Olympics bronze in 100m breaststroke”, Sport, July 29th). Having missed out on the Rio games at the age of 15 by under a second, Mona came third in Paris, ahead of the two joint fourth swimmers by 0.01 of a second! What a final and what a performance to bring home the bronze medal. Congratulations and well done, Mona. Your efforts in Paris will inspire a generation to come. – Yours, etc,
STEPHEN O’HARA,
Carrowmore,
Sligo.