The final day of the World Para Swimming Championships in London
In the final of the S7 50m freestyle, Sadie posted a new African Record of 29.10 to finish the event in 6th place, while the gold went to the Ukraine’s Andrii Trusov in a new World Record time of 27.07.
During day six of the competition yesterday, the 4 x 100m mixed freestyle relay team of Alani Ferreira, Hendri Herbst, Franco Smit and Cornelle Leach successfully qualified for the finals of the race and finished in 8th place with a time of 4:17.22, while Ferreira also participated in the heats of the SM13 100m butterfly where she managed a 6th place finish in 1:23.12.
Kabelo Zwane also took to the water yesterday in the S6 50m butterfly heats and finished 6th in 36.21.
The World Para Swimming Championships were held in the same venue as the London 2012 Paralympics and were a crucial qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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