Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen continued his good form, taking the 400m freestyle title to add to the 800m he won on Sunday.

He swam a Championship record and World Championships qualification time of 3:46.87 and now looks forward to the 1500m freestyle on Wednesday.

“It was tough, coming into this I thought I was going to be quite fast in the 400m,” admitted Wiffen.

“I’m disappointed, to be honest. I’ve got to drop seven seconds to be within the top of the world for the LA Olympics.

“I think it’s pretty doable. I’m just going to get back training, I think that’s what it’s showing me, in this racing I’m not as fit as I thought.”

Eighteen-year-old John Shortt from Galway continued his incredible week with an outstanding swim in the 200m backstroke semi-final.

The National Centre Limerick swimmer smashed his Irish Senior and Junior record, the Championship record and was under the qualification time for the World Championships.

His time of 1:56.61 ranks him sixth in the world this year.