GB Paralympic Swimmers Finish World Championships On A High

Great Britain ended the IPC Swimming World Championships with a total of 18 gold medals after Daniel Pepper added to the tally on the final day.

Pepper added gold to the title he won in the 100m breaststroke.

He was fourth at the halfway point in the S14 200m freestyle but he came back and overtook the field on the final 50m to win in two minutes 2.18 seconds.

“I didn’t think that I would win that race but I put my head down and have come away with gold,” said Pepper.

Great Britain produced a number of strong performances throughout the week including Eleanor Simmonds winning four gold medals and Sascha Kindred continuing his unbeaten run in the 200m individual medley.

Pepper was joined by nine other medallists including paralympic champion Kindred and Paralympian James Crisp on the last day of competition in Eindhoven.

“That gold was quite unexpected,” Pepper added.

“I just knew I had to focus and if I did then I would have success.

“I am really happy with the way this week has gone. I think it has been so good and my races went to plan.”

The S6 50m butterfly saw world champion Kindred add silver to his 200m IM title after touching in a new European record time of 32.26secs.

Paralympian Crisp won silver in the men’s S9 100m backstroke with a strong swim to announce his return from injury in 1:03.52sec.

The S9 100m backstroke saw Stephanie Millward have to settle for silver behind Natalie du Toit in 1:10.31.

The women’s 34 point 4x100m medley relay was the last race of the evening and the team, which featured Millward, Harriet Lee, Claire Cashmore and Simmonds, won the silver just behind the Americans in 5:00.93.

Matthew Walker won silver in the men’s S7 50m butterfly in a new personal best of 32.00, James Anderson won his third medal of the week in the S2 100m freestyle in 2:29.02.

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Natalie Massey, who is making her World Championships debut, secured bronze in the S14 200m freestyle in 2:17.81 while Rhiannon Henry finished off with bronze in the S13 100m freestyle after touching in 1:01.13.

National performance director John Atkinson said: “There have been many pleasing aspects of the week for me.

“We saw 12 individuals win individual golds which shows the depth of talent that we have in the team.

“This has been a great and professional team and one of the best that I have seen or worked with.”