DONEGAL swimmers had great success at the World Championships in Ice Swimming at Burghausen in Germany.
Ramelton’s Paddy Bond won a gold medal and Ballyshannon’s Sarah O’Malley-Daly scooped a bronze.
Bond was competing in the M35 category and he saw off competition from Ireland team-mate Padraig Mallon to top the podium.
Bond won gold in a time of 17 minutes and 49.51 seconds. Mallon came home in 18:18.33.
O’Malley-Daly was the bronze medal winner in the W50 section.
USA’s Anna De Lozier was the gold medallist and Great Britain’s Wendy Figures collected the silver.
In freezing temperatures, Bond and O’Malley-Daly – both members of the Donegal Surf Lifesaving Team – swam superbly to add to the Irish Ice Swimming Association squad’s medal haul.
