World Para Swimming Championships 2025: GB’s Tai wins fourth gold in 4 days

Alice Tai gained her fourth gold in as many days on the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore – whereas Great Britain defended their combined relay title.

Tai, 26, has gained each closing she has confronted at this yr’s Championships up to now, ending first within the girls’s S8 100m backstroke, S8 400m freestyle, and S8 100m butterfly earlier than Wednesday’s triumph within the S8 100m freestyle.

She completed forward of Italy’s Xenia Palazzo and USA’s Jessica Long, profitable in a time of 1 minute 05.49 seconds.

“This week is taking its toll a bit now. I’m definitely a bit tired but there’s still three days to go,” stated Tai, who may one other two golds to her assortment on Thursday.

“I’m really happy with that time, it’s a season’s best and the fastest I’ve done since my amputation [in 2022], so I’m over the moon with it.”

William Ellard, Poppy Maskill, Dylan Broom, and Georgia Sheffield set a championship file as Great Britain gained the combined S14 4x100m freestyle in 3:41.14 – lower than one second wanting their very own world file, set in 2021.

Great Britain have gained the occasion at each world and Paralympic degree stretching again to its introduction in 2019.

“The goal is to keep building this to LA [2028 Paralympics]. We’ve got a great team here and a lot of good people coming through, so it could be quite good for the future,” Ellard stated.

There was additionally gold for Ellie Challis, who retained her girls’s S3 50m backstroke title in a time of 53.92.

Astrid Carroll, in the meantime, beat China’s Jietong Zheng by three hundredths of a second to win silver within the girls’s SB12 100m breaststroke.