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Maskill and Kearney deliver Team GB's first Paralympic golds
Great Britain's Tully Kearney on the podium with the gold medal after winning the Women's 200m Freestyle - S5 Final, alongside Ukraine's Iryna Poida (left) with silver and Italy's Monica Boggioni with bronze at the Paris La Defense Arena on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, August 29, 2024
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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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