British Trials, Day 5 Finals: Olivia Newman-Baronius Matches S14 100 Fly WR
Olivia Newman-Baronius equalled the S14 100m butterfly world record en-route to her fourth Paralympic nomination time of the British trials in London.
Newman-Baronius matched the 1:03.33 WR on her way to the multi-classification 100 fly title, while Tully Kearney (women’s MC 50m backstroke), Brock Whiston (women’s MC 200m IM) and Stephen Clegg (men’s MC 50m reestyle) all made required times in claiming British golds.
The highlight on the Paralympic programme was the world-record effort from Newman-Baronius as she took it out hard and held off a challenge from Poppy Maskill to touch in a 1:03.33, right on the existing S14 world best and securing her the gold on 1000 points.
Maskill took silver on 983 points – and her latest nomination standard – while S10 pair Faye Rogers and Callie-Ann Warrington were third and fourth respectively, both getting inside their class’s Paris mark.
Asked whether she could go under the world record, Newman-Baronius said:
“Hopefully by the summer. The week has got better as it’s gone along, I had two days off so that was nice but yeah it’s been fun – I like racing here so it’s good.
“The Para Swimming World Series event in Italy helped a lot for this [week’s experience] because it was my first time performing in front of the cameras there, and here has a bit more publicity so it’s good experience.”
In the Women’s MC 50m backstroke, Challis notched the S3 Paralympic nomination time in the morning’s heats – but it was Kearney who would ultimately win the British title, a high stroke rate all the way down the pool helping her inside the S5 British record and well within the Paralympic mark.
Kearney said:
“I wasn’t expecting that at all, I made a few mistakes and missed the wall so very happy with that. I think the hope was that I had a fun event in the backstroke at Paris but now with that kind of time it would be cool to go for a medal in it.”
Whiston won her second gold in as many days – and with another Paralympic S8 nomination standard as well – as she edged out Maisie Summers-Newton in the MC 200IM by four agonising para-swimming points.
Summers-Newton, Paralympic and world champion in the S6 classification, achieved the Paris mark in the morning and evening, taking silver – as Maskill won bronze.
Meanwhile, Stephen Clegg’s latest British gold and Paralympic nomination time of the meet came in the MC 50m Freestyle, while Matthew Redfern took silver in a British S13 record of 25.25, breaking the previous mark twice in one day.
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