Ellie Simmonds booked her place in a 17th Paralympic final in the 400m freestyle, joined by Maisie Summers-Newton and Grace Harvey as a bumper night of swimming finals awaits. The 26-year-old eased down in a 5:27.64 heat swim that saw her second behind China’s Yuyan Jiang, who broke the S6 Paralympic record with 5:14.52. Simmonds
Rebecca Redfern will bring a silver medal back to her one-year-old son Patrick after a thrilling 100m breaststroke S13 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The 21-year-old gave birth to Patrick last July and acknowledges that the Covid delay had allowed her to compete at her second Paralympic Games, having also won silver in this event
Rebecca Redfern set her stall out in the battle for 100m breaststroke SB13 medals by qualifying second fastest for tonight’s final. The 21-year-old, who hit the qualifying time for Tokyo in April, broke the event’s world record in the heats and won silver at Rio 2016. Redfern looked in the mood for a repeat in
Hannah Russell and Reece Dunn earned the right to fight for more individual glory as they qualified for freestyle and individual medley finals in the pool in Tokyo. Russell, 25, swam 1:01.81 for second in her heat of the women’s 100m freestyle S12 and advanced overall fourth fastest. The Surrey star won bronze in the
Ellie Robinson declared her Tokyo journey to be a story of “triumph, not defeat” having defied all odds just to reach her second Paralympic Games. Robinson, who today celebrates her 20th birthday, marked her debut in style as a 15-year-old at Rio 2016, when she became a gold and bronze medallist. Defending her women’s 50m
Maisie Summers-Newton is living in a dream world after matching her idol Ellie Simmonds with a second Paralympic swimming gold medal at her maiden Games. The 19-year-old had already broken the world record on the way to gold in her main event, the 200m individual medley SM6, before following it up with another title in
Maisie Summers-Newton set a Paralympic record as she qualified in style for the women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 final alongside Ellie Simmonds. Elsewhere, Grace Harvey qualified fastest in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB5 heats while Zara Mullooly reached the final of the women’s 100m freestyle S10 on a productive morning in the pool for ParalympicsGB. Summers-Newton
The second day of swimming action saw ParalympicsGB roar to a golden double, as Tully Kearney and Maisie Summers-Newton powered to the top of the podium with a world record apiece. Kearney completed her remarkable journey from Rio heartbreak to the top of the Paralympic ranks, smashing her own global best time in the women’s
Tully Kearney is looking for quick medal upgrade after a storming into tonight’s women’s 100m freestyle S5 final. Kearney won silver in the 200m event yesterday after swimming a world-record split of 1:16.36 through 100m – admitting frustration that she lost out on gold by just 0.12 seconds, having led by 2.19s at the 150m
Tully Kearney narrowly missed out on gold in the women’s 200m freestyle S5 final, as ParalympicsGB scooped a trio of medals on the first day of swimming action at Tokyo 2020. Kearney – a seven-time world champion across freestyle and butterfly – led the race at world record pace until the latter stages but was
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