Goodburn on form on day one of EYOF

Goodburn, who also featured in the Team GB 4x100m quartet who finished 0.1 seconds off a place in the final, eventually came home in eighth in the 100m freestyle final and the 100m butterfly semi-final and is targeting further success, inspired by leading the team out the previous evening.

“Last night was just amazing – better than I could have imagined. It was just so good to have the team behind me,” said the 16-year-old from Edinburgh.

“I was watching the other flagbearers walking out before me trying to work out how best to hold it, so I chose to go high and strong and definitely held it with pride.

“I’m pretty happy with my day today. Three events is tough and that showed at the end but to make the final of the 200m free and semi of the 100m fly have been good results. My times from this morning were great personal bests so I would have been over the moon with anything faster but with that tiredness it just wasn’t meant to be.

“It would be great make to make some more finals this week and this experience is just fantastic – it’s great for my future.”

Also in the pool, three Team GB swimmers booked places in tomorrow’s finals with Charlie Hutchison and Kyle Booth both qualifying third fastest in their respective 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke semi-finals, while Pia Murray finished fifth in her 100m backstroke semi and is the eighth fastest into the final.

Elsewhere, Michaella Glenister finished fifth in the 400min individual medley final while there were top 15 finishes for Sam Osborne, Charlotte Robsinon, Ceara Barber, Oliver Taverner, Rebecca Clynes and Sam Dailley.

“I’m really happy,” said Glenister after moving up from eighth to fifth in the final. “My heat was a good swim but I thought I did even better in the final. I really wanted to pick up the back end, I knew my breaststroke was a bit weak in the heats so I thought if I improved that I might get a PB. It hurt in the final stages but felt so good at the end.”

Day One Swimming Results:

Men’s 200m Freestyle Preliminaries: Archie Goodburn 7^th (1:53.78), Sam Osborne 11^th (1:54.08)

Women’s 200m Butterfly Preliminaries: Charlotte Robinson 9^th (2:19.78), Rachel Anderson 21^st (2:22.99)

Men’s 100m Backstroke Preliminaries: Charlie Hutchison 14^th (58:60)

Women’s 100m Backstroke Preliminaries: Pia Murray 10^th (1:04.55), Ceara Barber 11^th (1:04.64)

Men’s 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries: Kyle Booth 9^th (1:05.08), Oliver Taverner 10^th (1:05.18)

Women’s 100m IM: Michaella Glenister 8^th (4:58.43), Rebecca Clynes 9^th (4:59.24)

Men’s 100m Butterfly Preliminaries: Archie Goodburn 8^th (55.64), Sam Dailey 10^th (55.72)

Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Preliminaries: Great Britain 16^th (3:59.24)

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Preliminaries: Great Britain 9^th (3:31.43)

Men’s 100m Backstroke Semi-Final: Charlie Hutchison 6^th (57.85)

Women’s 100m Backstroke Semi-Final: Pia Murray 8^th (1:04.18

Men’s 200m Freestyle Final: Archie Goodburn 8^th (1:55.57)

Men’s 100m Backstroke Semi-Final 1: Charlie Hutchison 3^rd (57.85)- progresses 6^th fastest to Final

Women’s 100m Backstroke Semi-Final 1: Pia Murray 5^th (1:04.18) – progresses 8^th fastest to Final

100m Backstroke Men’s Semi-Final 1: Kyle Booth 3^rd (1:04.42) – progresses 6^th fastest to Final

Women’ 400m IM Final: Michaella Glenister: 5^th (4:56.85)

Men’s 100m Butterfly Semi-Final: Archie Goodburn 8^th (56:83)