Clegg storms to his first gold with world record

Great Britain's Stephen Clegg won his first Paralympic golden badge and group a world grounds arsenic he stormed to triumph successful nan S12 100m backstroke final.

The 28-year-old clocked 59.02 seconds astatine La Defense Arena.

Clegg secured a metallic and 2 bronzes successful Tokyo successful 2021 and earlier these Games said that winning a Paralympic golden was "unfinished business" for him.

He is nan 3rd personnel of his family to triumph a badge for ParalympicsGB pinch elder sister Libby accumulating 2 golds and 3 silvers arsenic an jock crossed 3 Games and relative James claiming bronze successful nan excavation astatine 2012.

There could beryllium much occurrence to travel for GB swimmers connected Saturday pinch William Ellard, Poppy Maskill, Olivia Newman-Baronius and Alice Tai each pinch fantabulous chances of winning medals.

The youngest personnel of nan ParalympicsGB squad successful Paris, 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, goes successful nan SM7 individual medley astatine 19:10 BST.