2024 Citi Para World Swimming Sequence
22 nations had been represented in Scotland final week for the primary World Sequence of 2024. There are a complete of 9 stops within the collection. The following cease will happen from February 23-25 in Melbourne, Australia.
Nice Britain led the medal desk with 22 medals, six gold, seven silver, and 9 bronze. William Ellard (S14) led the best way for the host nation as he gained the 100 free and 100 butterfly. He gained the 100 free in a 51.76 and the 100 fly in a 57.10. He additionally completed 2nd within the 200 freestyle and touched in a 1:56.94.
The nation dominated the ladies’s 400 freestyle as they swept the rostrum. Toni Shaw (S9) topped the medal podium swimming a 4:53.51, forward of Faye Rogers (S10) who touched in a 4:41.77. Brock Whiston (S8) was third in a 5:04.29.
The Netherlands additionally took house six gold medals. The workforce was led by Rogier Dorsman (S11) who gained the lads’s 50 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 IM, and 400 freestyle. Dorsman swam a 28.42 within the 50 fly, a 1:12.38 within the 100 breast, and a 1:10.54 within the 100 again. He touched in a 2:21.90 within the 200 IM and a 4:36.63 within the 400 free.
Canada rounded out the medal desk incomes 5 gold medals. Tess Routliffe (S7) gained the ladies’s 100 breast in a 1:31.31, which marked a brand new Canadian report. She additionally gained the 200 IM in a 2:57.67. The nation was additionally led by Aurélie Rivard (S10) who gained the 50 and 100 freestyles. Rivard swam a 27.91 within the 50 free and a 1:00.59 within the 100 free.
Spain’s Teresa Perales highlighted the meet as effectively setting a brand new World Document. Perales gained the 150 IM in a 4:40.44.
Perales spoke of her swim saying, “It’s the primary time I swim this race and I really feel very completely happy. It was time, it was a world report. A very long time in the past, I did it [set a world record] however not on this class. It’s my first time as S2. I’m very completely happy and hopefully occupied with Paris.”
Perales has competed in six Paralympics for Spain. Perales was previously within the S5 class. Perales has gained a complete of 27 Paralympic medals over the course of her profession.
