Nicholas Quinn swam a phenomenal race to win heat two of the 200m breastroke in Rio on Tuesday.
Quinn defeated all the other competitors in the pool with a time of 2:11.67 over his preferred 200m, but unfortunately he failed to qualify for the semi-finals by the narrowest of margins.
The top 16 fastest swimmers across all heats progressed to the semis and the 23-year-old was lying in 16th going into the final heat. However, a lightning fast final heat saw him drop to 19th. Quinn missed out on qualification by 0.41 of a second.
.@NicholasQuinn_ wins his 200m Breaststroke Heat in 2:11.67 #Swimming #TeamIreland pic.twitter.com/ykk2uKP8DU
— Team Ireland (@TeamIreland) August 9, 2016
While Quinn undoubtedly did the country proud with his phenomenal race, a lot of his compatriots didn’t actually get a chance to see it because RTE were showing live coverage of the hockey match between Ireland and Germany.
BBC were showing the swimming, but some fans were very disappointed that our national broadcaster didn’t show Quinn in action.
Shame we had to tune into the BBC to see Nicholas quinn swim live
— Pat Lydon (@Padd30) August 9, 2016
@RTEsport will ye get it together lads and show #NicholasQuinn win his heat, it was supposed to be on live????
— Grainne (@gpkells) August 9, 2016
@RTEsport absolute disgrace @NicholasQuinn_ comes an amazing 1st in his breaststroke heat and rte not covering it. Thank god for @BBCSport
— Darcy (@darcoman2) August 9, 2016
Why…..OH…..Why @RTEsport was @NicholasQuinn_ swim NOT shown this eve ????…😠😠
ESPECIALLY as he came 1st in his heat !!! #swimming— sandy123 (@lfc123456) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/Crochuir/status/763060005419511808?lang=en
@rte @RTEsport @SportsJOEdotie @ballsdotie RTE should be ashamed of themselves, once again they have FAILED to show Nicholas Quinn compete
— LEO CANNON (@Cannon_FTW) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/FRooney88/status/763058580916502528?lang=en
@rte Any particular reason ye won't show the swimming where @NicholasQuinn_ won? (Congatulations @NicholasQuinn_ )
— Aoif ✨️ (@am19am99) August 9, 2016
Why wasn't the #NicholasQuinn race shown on RTE 🙄 ridiculous 👎 #Olympics #IRL
— Chloe O'Brien (@Chloe_OBrien98) August 9, 2016
Ahh……here !!!
So frustrating …..
And such a good swim from him ..#NicholasQuinn— sandy123 (@lfc123456) August 9, 2016
Nicholas Quinn just won his heat! #Wow RTE, hang your heads in shame!
— Michael J Duffy (@MichaelJDuffy1) August 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/AoibhinnNiC/status/763057897005785088?lang=en
Go on the #NicholasQuinn boy. Sound of @rte to show it 😳
— Al Casey (@AlCasey7) August 9, 2016
RTE eventually showed the race, but nearly an hour after it had finished.
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