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Paralympic champion William Ellard set a new world record time to take gold in the S14 mixed class 100m freestyle final at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London.<\/b><\/p>\n
Ellard finished in 50.41 seconds to shave 0.49 seconds off the previous record held by Brazil’s Arthur Xavier Ribeiro.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old, who won gold in the S14 200m freestyle and mixed 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2024 Paralympics, has subsequently booked his place at the European Championships in Paris this summer.<\/p>\n
“It was the aim,” Ellard said when asked if he was targeting the world record. <\/p>\n
“It would be nice to go 49 [seconds] one day but it hurt for the last 15 metres, I just had to put my head down.”<\/p>\n
Earlier, Angharad Evans broke the British 200m breaststroke record, finishing in a time of 2:19.70.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old was 1.19 seconds quicker than former record holder Molly Renshaw, who set the time in 2021.<\/p>\n
“Tonight was about racing the race, it was a strong field and I knew it was going to be a tough race,” Evans said.<\/p>\n
“I felt good in there and just had to trust myself. I’m super happy and that was really unexpected.”<\/p>\n
Among the other winners were double Olympic champion Matt Richards in the 100m freestyle, Lauren Cox in the 50m backstroke and Georgia Sheffield in the Para 200m freestyle.<\/p>\n
British titles will be awarded in 36 medal events across the meet in London this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n