GB swimmer Clegg wins second gold of Paralympics

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

Clegg, the satellite grounds holder successful the event, was pushed each the mode to the enactment but touched location archetypal successful 57.49 seconds.

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

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

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

And for Clegg, golden successful the lawsuit wherever helium has held the satellite grounds since 2021 provides redemption pursuing the Tokyo Paralympics 3 years ago, wherever helium was narrowly beaten successful the final.