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Faye Rogers and Callie-Ann Warrington were Britain's only swimming medallists on day six in Paris
Tue, 3 Sep 2024
Source: BBC
Faye Rogers has secured a Paralympic gold medal in an exciting S10 100m butterfly final, narrowly defeating fellow British swimmer Callie-Ann Warrington.
Warrington was in the lead at the halfway mark, but 21-year-old Rogers surged ahead to finish first with a time of 1 minute 05.84 seconds. This marks the first Paralympic medal for both athletes, with 24-year-old Warrington finishing in 1:06.41.
The British swimming team has now achieved 14 gold medals and a total of 20 medals in Paris. In 2021, Rogers participated in the Olympic trials but did not qualify for the Tokyo Games.
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Source: BBC