GB swimmer Clegg wins second gold of Paralympics

Stephen Clegg won his 2nd golden badge of nan 2024 Paralympics successful a tightly-contested men's S12 100m butterfly final.

Clegg, nan world grounds holder successful nan event, was pushed each nan measurement to nan statement but touched location first successful 57.49 seconds.

Dzmitry Salei, a neutral Paralympic jock hailing from Belarus, took silver, pinch bronze going to Azerbaijan's Raman Salei.

It is Clegg's 2nd golden successful Paris aft he won nan S12 100m backstroke earlier successful nan Games - and nan 18th golden of an awesome run for nan GB swimming team.

The swimming squad person won 32 medals astatine these Games, much than immoderate different athletics - short of nan 47 attained astatine Rio 2016, but they person won much golds than 8 years ago.

And for Clegg, golden successful nan arena wherever he has held nan world grounds since 2021 provides redemption pursuing nan Tokyo Paralympics 3 years ago, wherever he was narrowly beaten successful nan final.