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Bronze medallist in women's 100m breaststroke Mona McSharry, left, and Olympic Champion in men's 800m freestyle swimming and bronze medallist in men's swimming 1500m Daniel Wiffen in Paris
Swimmers Mona McSharry and Daniel Wiffen have been given the honour of carrying the Irish flag at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
Mona McSharry, a native of Grange, Co Sligo who swam out of Ballyshannon Marlins Swim Club, won the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke in Paris and will be joined by Wiffen at the Stade de France as the curtain comes down on the Games on Sunday.
Wiffen, born in Leeds but brought up from the age of two in Magheralin, Co Armagh, won gold at the men's 800m freestyle final, setting an Olympic record time of 7:38.19, as well as a bronze medal in the 1500m breaststroke.
Ireland's haul of seven medals - four gold and three bronze - in Paris makes it their most successful Olympics ever. Outside of McSharry and Wiffen in the pool, there were golds for Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls; Rhys McClenaghan on the Men's Pommel Horse and Kellie Harrington in the Women's 60kg Boxing, as well as bronze in the form of Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle in the Men's Double Sculls.
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