Para-swimmers lead the way in World Series

2 Mar 2018

British athletes have dominated the first day of the Para Swimming World Series in Copenhagen.

Of the six events British para-swimmers won five with Ellie Robinson (S6) winning the open class 100m Freestyle Women and 50m butterfly; one-twos in the 100m Freestyle Men open class for Tom Hamer (S14) and Lewis White (S9) quickly followed by  a World Record 931 points in the 50m Butterfly Men for Stephen Clegg (S12), with Andrew Mullen(S5) second and James Hollis (S10) fourth.

Louise Fiddes (SB14) then earned the highest points in the 100m Breaststroke Women.

Britain took the silver position in the 100m Breaststroke Men with Conner Morrison (SB14) finishing just behind Duncan van Haaren from the Netherlands .

Other top 10 results from day one:

100m Freestyle Women -  7th Toni Shaw (S9) 

100m Breaststroke Women 5th Maisie Summers-Newton (SB6)

50m Butterfly Women -  4th Toni Shaw (S9); 5th Megan Richter (S8)

100m Breaststroke women - 4th Maisie Summers-Newton (SB6)

To view all the result from the Danish leg of the competition click here.

The action from the Bellahøj swimming stadium continues tomorrow.