Hill wins historic gold at European Championships

Danielle Hill becomes nan first Irish swimmer to triumph a agelong people golden badge successful 27 years astatine nan European Aquatics Championships successful Belgrade.

Hill triumphed successful nan 50m backstroke successful a clip of 27.73 seconds for nan biggest triumph of her career.

The 24-year-old pipped Theodora Drakou of Greece to nan golden badge by conscionable 0.14 seconds while Poland's Adela Piskorska was third.

After mounting nan fastest clip successful nan semi-finals, Hill's clip successful nan last was narrowly extracurricular her ain Irish record.

However, she put successful a beardown last 25m to separator past Drakou and declare nan first world triumph of her career.

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