Day two of the IPC Swimming European Championships saw the British Para-Swimming Team win three golds, two silvers and lower one European record.
Paralympic medallist Susie Rodgers put in an excellent performance in the S7 50m Butterfly to win the gold medal in a new European time.
Rodgers swam to a time of 37.00 in the heats and went just over a second faster in the final when she touched in a time of 35.90.
“I am so happy to go under 36,” Rodgers said. “I’ve been working quite hard on that one. Last week was a bit of a mixed bag for me at Trials so it’s really nice to come out and get a good time.
“The atmosphere is great here with loads of cheering and you’ve got to enjoy that when you race. It’s great to see the hard work paying off. If PBs and records happen all the time then you take it for granted but it’s such an amazing feeling.”
Judit Rolo Marichal (Spain) took silver three seconds behind the Brit in 38.72 and Denise Grahl (Germany) took bronze in 40.78.
Paralympic Champion Ollie Hynd retained his title in the S8 400m Freestyle with a swim that showed his dominance of the event.
Hynd went out to get the lead in the first 100m and carved out a huge lead as the race entered the final stages.
The world record holder swam close to the standard he set at the World Championships in 2015 as he touched in 4:24.77.
“It was a tough swim tonight,” Hynd said. “I was close to my world record, it’s kind of annoying to be that close to it twice but I’m looking forward to getting back into training and just trying to bring it down again.
“I like to swim the 400m by going out hard from the start and try and build on it from there. I am a little disappointed I didn’t go faster but it’s my third faster time ever.
“I raced against Sam [Hynd] for a while and now to stand on the podium with Josef who is one of my best mates on the team is going to be special.”
Josef Craig won his first international medal since 2014 as he took the silver medal in a time of 4:35.87. The bronze went to Bohdan Hrynenko (Ukraine) who finished in 4:43.76.
James Crisp impressed in the S9 100m Backstroke as he took the victory in a time of 1:04.18. He looked strong throughout the race but had Patrik Biskup (Poland) and Tamas Toth (Hungary) coming back at him through the final 15m.
Crisp reached for the wall and grabbed gold by just 0.8 seconds.
“Well you know I kind of see the last nineteen years as a bit of a warm up to this year,” Crisp said. “This is the year that counts and it’s good to know I am there or thereabouts and fighting to the medals still.
“I’m really happy with where I am. I’m pleased I went faster than Glasgow last week as well. I have to change my training a little bit now I am in my 30s but I feel strong and fit.”
Silver went to Biskup in 1:04.98 and bronze was claimed by Toth in 1:05.85. Lewis White finished in fourth place in a new personal best time of 1:07.88.
Hannah Russell took the silver medal in the S12 50 Freestyle after touching in 27.46.
Stephanie Millward swam to silver in the S9 100m Backstroke with a time of 1:12.68.
In the SM6 200m Individual Medley Ellie Robinson took part in her first international final and finished in fourth place with a time of 3:19.48.
Stephen Clegg finished in eighth place in the S12 50m Freestyle in a time of 25.29.