Shane Ryan spanned a 26-year gap when he became the first Irish swimmer since 1991 to win gold for Ireland at the World Universities Championships when he claimed the 50m Backstroke title in Taipei yesterday.
The Rio Olympian made it to the final via three hard races which saw his time improve with each swim.
He posted a time of 25.12 in the heats and improved that by breaking the Irish record and becoming the first Irishman to go under 25 seconds in the semi final in a time of 24.97.
In the final he went faster still and he needed to by pipping American Justin Ress by one hundredth of a second in 24.72.Won Youngjun from Korea picked up the Bronze medal.
Ireland's best junior swimmers began their bid for medals at the World Championships yesterday in Indianapolis in the USA.
European junior champion Mona McSharry from Sligo began her programme of events yesterday by progressing to the semi-final of the 50m Breaststroke as third fastest qualifier in a time of 31.41.
In the same event Niamh Coyne (Tallagh and National Centre Dublin) also advanced to the semi-final when she was placed fourteenth in a time of 32.36.
Conor Ferguson from Bangor Swimming Club gave notice that he means business when he led the field by posting the fastest time of 54.95 in the 100m Backstroke after the completion of the preliminary heats.
Commonwealth Youth Games medallist,Jack McMillan just missed out on breaking the 4-00 minute barrier for the 400m Freestyle when he was fourth in his heat in a time of 4:00.01.
Templeogue's Ellen Walshe went under five minutes in the heats of the 400m Individual Medley but just failed to advance to the semi-finals.
There were metal galore for everyone at the World Masters Championships in Budapest last week with medals being presented to the first six in each event.
Dymphna Morris(Aer Lingus Masters) lead the way with a huge haul with Dan Golden,JohnCunnungham,Fiona Kinsella and Dungannon's Agniesza Wysocka-Khan all picking up gongs.
