Grampian swimmer Toni Shaw claimed her second medal of the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin on Wednesday 16^th August.  The 15-year old secured a Silver medal in the Woman’s S9 100m butterfly to accompany her bronze medal won the previous day.  Shaw (University of Aberdeen Performance) touched in a time of 1:09.18 to set a new Scottish best and pick up her second medal of the Championships, all in what is her first event representing Great Britain.

Stephen Clegg broke the British S12 50m freestyle record twice in the same day, first as he won his morning heat and then later in the final of the event, clocking a time of 24.79 which meant he finished 5^th overall.  City of Sunderland swimmer Clegg continued his record breaking form into day 4 of the competition, recording another British record in the S12 100m backstroke (1:01.46) and making sure he qualified quickest going into this evening’s final.

Toni Shaw and Andrew Mullen added further medals to the haul won by Scottish swimmers at the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin on Tuesday 14^th August. 

Fifteen year old Grampian and University of Aberdeen Performance swimmer, Shaw claimed top sport in her heat of the S9 100m freestyle in a time of 1:05.72 and took this form into the final later that day.  Shaw, making her first appearance for Britain and fresh from competing for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, claimed bronze in a time of 1:04.27.

City of Glasgow swimmer Mullen also claimed Bronze in the S5 50m backstroke, touching in 36.39 behind Ukraine’s Yaroslav Semenenko (Gold) and Italy’s Antonio Fantin (Silver).  Earlier in the day, multi international medallist Mullen had broken the European record in the heats only for the record to be bettered in the next heat.

The previous day saw East of Scotland swimmer Scott Quin storm to the European Gold Medal in the Men’s SB14 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:07.21, finishing just in front of another Scot – Grampian’s Conner Morrison (University of Aberdeen Performance) who touched in a time of 1.07.53.  Warrender Bath Club’s swimmer Quin turned at the half way point in second spot, just behind Ukranian Vasyl Krainyyhk, however used his notorious strong finish to claim first place and retain the Gold medal won in Funchal, Portugal two years previous.  The Midlothian man highlighted ‘I have swum better but sometimes you have to dig deep’.

Another East swimmer, Stephen Clegg, makes up the Scottish contingent of the Great Britain team at the World Para Swimming European Championships.  The City of Sunderland swimmer claimed first place in the heats of the S12 50m Freestyle (24.82) and will move into the final later on day 3.