Callie-Ann Warrington won her heat in a time of 1:07:23 - 1:32 behind GB teammate Faye Rodgers.

Warrington who has problems with muscle spasms affecting her left-hand side missed out on the S10 100m Freestyle on the 1^st so coming back from that to win the Silver today show her determination and desire to succeed.

Talking about her race Warrington said, “I spoke to my coaches, and they were happy with the pace I went out on, they just said you need to come back a bit quicker, I delivered that and a personal best.

Callie-Ann swam a personal best of 1:06:41 to beat Canada’s Katie Cosgriffe.

After the race Callie-Ann talked about going up against GB teammate Faye Rodgers, “to be able to race against Fay is just everything. We have been saying to each other the last couple of months ‘come on, we can get the one- Two’. It was lovely to have her next to me. We are very good friends until we get to the blocks, then we are competitors, and it's nice to be able to separate that. We are both very determined people”.

Faye Rodgers who swam the final in 1:05:84 spoke of her journey into the Paralympics “it's exactly 3 years as of now since my accident, so it's a bit emotional. It's a big full circle moment and I couldn't be prouder of how far I've come. I couldn't have asked for more from the last three years”.

Faye swam her heat in 1:05:92 beating Warrington to go through top of the group.

At the end of the first 50m stretch Rodgers was in second place behind Warrington and swam a strong race to come into the gold medal position. “There are always days it feels like it's never going to get any better, but it does. There's always a way to adapt to stuff and overcome stuff. I found over the last three years there's nothing I can't do, it might just look a little bit different, and that's absolutely OK. It has been such a whirlwind and I couldn't be happier.”

It was not to be for other ParalympicGB athletes tonight as Ellis Challis came fourth in the S3 100m Freestyle, After the race Ellie said, “I definitely wanted to be faster and wanted more from myself. But tonight wasn’t my night and that’s ok. After yesterday(gold), I really can’t ask for anything more”.

Also in the pool was Tully Kearney swimming in the S5 women’s 50m backstroke. Up against three athletes from China, Kearney gave it her all, but was just not quick enough to beat the Chinese into a medal position coming 5^th behind them and Turkey’s Sumeyye Boyaci. “It’s been a fun event. It’s not often you get to do an event with no pressure on you. It’s just go out and enjoy it.

Tully who made her Paralympic debut in Tokyo said “I really struggled with my mental health, I wasn’t sure what was going to be possible so to come here and come away with two golds is incredible. More than I could ever imagine a few years ago”.

Twins Scarlett and Eliza Humphrey came sixth and seventh in the SM11 women’s 200m Individual medley.

Eliza broke a PB with a time of 2:59:51, speaking about the race, Eliza said, “it was nice, it felt good. We had things to work on from the heat and it obviously worked, I got under 3 minutes which is something I've been aiming to do for a while”.

Speaking about competing against her sister Eliza Scarlett said, “it was good fun. To line up next to each other was quite nice. Having raced already means the nerves are less-the first time was quite nerve wracking in front of the crowd”.

Whilst it was not the best night for the women’s ParalympicGB team, they still came away with a Silver and a Gold from two of the team’s debutants. Add that to the golds already won and the medals are racking up.



Congratulations to Callie-Ann and Faye and all the team that have won a medal in Paris. `