Paralympic champion William Ellard set a new world record time to take gold in the S14 mixed class 100m freestyle final at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London.
Ellard finished in 50.41 seconds to shave 0.49 seconds off the previous record held by Brazil’s Arthur Xavier Ribeiro.
The 20-year-old, who won gold in the S14 200m freestyle and mixed 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2024 Paralympics, has subsequently booked his place at the European Championships in Paris this summer.
“It was the aim,” Ellard said when asked if he was targeting the world record.
“It would be nice to go 49 [seconds] one day but it hurt for the last 15 metres, I just had to put my head down.”
Earlier, Angharad Evans broke the British 200m breaststroke record, finishing in a time of 2:19.70.
