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Maskill and Kearney deliver Team GB's first Paralympic golds
Tully Kearney

SWIMMERS Poppy Maskill and Tully Kearney delivered Team GB’s first Paralympic golds of Paris 2024.

Maskill, 19, set a new world record of one minute and three seconds to claim the women’s 100m butterfly S14 title.

Kearney then took the S5 200m freestyle crown in 2:46.50, upgrading the silver she won at Tokyo 2020.

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