Great Britain set a new world record at the Singapore World Para Swimming Championships by setting the women’s SM8 200m individual medley record-holder Brock Whiston, who also won gold in the women’s SM8 200m individual medley.
Whiston won the Paralympics a year ago with a season’s best time of two minutes, 40.25 seconds, which is five seconds slower than the world record she set in 2019.
The 28-year-old won silver in the 400-meter freestyle and bronze in the 100-meter butterfly at this year’s meet, putting together her medal collection.
“I felt like I had a lot of pressure on myself,” Whiston said.
No one else put pressure on me, but after winning gold in Paris, I merely wanted to come here and demonstrate that I deserved to be on the podium. I’m extremely happy and can’t stop smiling.
Later in the session, GB won the mixed S14 4x100m medley relay, claiming their 13th gold medal of the championships.
A record-breaking four minutes, 2.86 seconds was set by Australia at the 2023 championships by Poppy Maskill, Harry Stewart, Will Ellard, and Bethany Firth.
Before Ellard defeated Brazil in the 100-meter butterfly and Firth won the freestyle leg, Maskill and Stewart laid solid foundations for the team over the opening backstroke and breaststroke legs.
“I’m so happy,” I said! These guys are amazing, they’re so good to swim with, and Firth believes that we’re just setting the bar for the future.
With the format set to be introduced at the 2028 LA Paralympics, Ellard said, “We’ll try different things to keep aiming to get better and better]in this format.”
In the women’s S10 100m freestyle, Faye Rogers won her fourth medal of the week in Singapore by placing first overall in the British record book of 1.00.46.
Despite posting a lifetime best of 33.77 secs, Bruce Dee set a new national record but was unable to win a medal in the men’s SB6 100m breaststroke final by a tenth of a second, while 14-year-old Iona Winnifrith missed out on the podium in the women’s S7 50m freestyle.
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Source: BBC
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