Faye Rogers and Alice Tai win gold for GB at World Para Swimming Championships

Faye Rogers set a British document to win the 400m freestyle and Alice Tai earned gold within the 100m butterfly on the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore.

Having claimed silver within the 200m particular person medley on Monday, Rogers went one higher on Tuesday, profitable the S10 freestyle in a time of 4:32.34.

Rogers, who gained gold within the 100m butterfly on the 2024 Paralympics, completed 3.92 seconds in entrance of Hungary’s Bianka Pap.

“I was just focusing on swimming my race plan. I still think I went out a little too fast, but we didn’t die off as much towards the end, so mission accomplished there,” Rogers mentioned.

“That was a big PB and a gold medal, so I can’t ask for much more than that.”

Tai, in the meantime, collected her third gold medal in as many days as she gained the S8 100m butterfly in 1:11.20, with team-mate Brock Whiston ending in third place.

The different titles for Tai have come within the S8 100m backstroke and S8 400m freestyle.

“I was not expecting to win that one,” Tai mentioned. “My fly is always a bit unpredictable and I guess it just went well today. I feel like I’m in a good place to start the LA [Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics] cycle.”

Fourteen-year-old Iona Winnifrith claimed silver within the SB7 100m breaststroke.

The Briton, who was the youngest member of Team GB on the 2024 Paralympics, bettered her personal nationwide document as she completed 2.06 seconds behind winner Mariia Pavlova.

Harry Stewart earned bronze within the 100m breaststroke SB14, whereas Olivia Newman-Baronius gained bronze within the feminine class of the identical occasion.

Grace Harvey added an extra welcome medal to Great Britain’s tally with bronze within the SM6 200m particular person medley.