British Trials, Day 3 Finals: Alice Tai Notches Second Title Inside Paris Nomination Time
Alice Tai notched her second qualification time and multi-classification title of the British trials in the 50m freestyle at the Aquatics Centre.
S10 swimmer Callie-Ann Warrington finished second and S11 athlete Scarlett Humphrey put herself in line for a Paralympic debut in the summer as she took bronze in a time better than the S11 required mark.
Humphrey said:
“I’m just really happy, I’m over the moon. I’ve dreamt of these days and I never thought it would be a reality and it is now so my emotions are really high and I can’t really describe it.
“The 50m freestyle is my best event and I know how to race it so I was hoping this would be my best performance and it was much better than I dreamed it could be – I got a 0.7s personal best in the heats and that’s quite a lot in a 50m so I’m really happy. To be given the opportunity to race at a trials but also to meet that potential to qualify for a Games is even more amazing.”
Rounding out the Paralympic swimming programme for the night, Stephen Clegg followed Tai in winning his second gold in as many days, this time in the men’s MC 100m Freestyle, on a tally of 927 points – and inside the S12 nomination mark.
Finishing behind him for silver was brother and fellow S12 athlete James Clegg, while Roan Brennan rounded out the podium.
Bruce Dee, meanwhile, finished an impressive fourth, given earlier in the night he had swum the final of the men’s MC 50m Butterfly, taking the British title.
In the morning’s freestyle heats, William Ellard set a new world record for the S14 category in the 100m Freestyle, his outside lane sprint to 51.36 surpassing the previous by Reece Dunn.
In a non-Paralympic event for S14 athletes, Ellard was not eligible for the final here.
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