Finn McGeever missed out on a place in the men's 400m freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships in Rome.
The Ballina man and Tokyo 2020 Olympian swam a time of 3:56.52 which was enough to finish third in heat two but left him 27th overall after completion of the five heats, 5.23 seconds outside the top eight places.
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