IPC Swimming World Championships Day Five: heats

A great morning at the heats for Team GB, coming out top in six events this morning ahead of the Final races tonight. It was another great race for Oliver Hynd in the men’s 400m Freestyle S8 as well as for Swimming Vetern Sascha Kindred who met success at last night’s Finals, coming top of today’s heats in the 200m Individual Medley SM6.

It was also GB’s Jessica Applegate who came up top in the 200m Individual Medley SM14, setting a new championship record in the process.

Ellie Simmonds has come back from her earlier disappointment this week and saw success in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM6, whilst 18-year-old Tully Kearney finished brilliantly in the 100m Butterfly S9. A great start this morning for GB.

New Zealand’s Mary Fisher has had a fantastic games so far and is set for even more medals after coming up top in the Women’s 50m Freestyle S11 heats this morning.

Today’s World Record came from Russian Emeliantsev, his second of the Championships! The 21-year-old set a new record in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM14.

His fellow Russian team mates took the lead in the 4x100m Freestyle relay later this afternoon too, as well as a further two championship records coming from Russians throughout the morning.

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For a full list of today’s heat results visit the IPC Swimming website.