GB swimmer Clegg wins second gold of Paralympics

Stephen Clegg won his second gold medal of the 2024 Paralympics in a tightly-contested men's S12 100m butterfly final.

Clegg, the world record holder in the event, was pushed all the way to the line but touched home first in 57.49 seconds.

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

It was Clegg's second gold in Paris after he won the S12 100m backstroke earlier in the Games - and the 18th gold of an impressive campaign for the GB swimming team.

The swimming squad have won 32 medals at these Games, more than any other sport - short of the 47 attained at Rio 2016, but they have won more golds than eight years ago.

And for Clegg, gold in the event where he has held the world record since 2021 provides redemption following the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago, where he was narrowly beaten in the final.

Here, the 28-year-old Scot managed to keep his fingertips ahead of the rest of the field, as the top five finishers were separated by less than a second.

Clegg was third at the halfway point, but produced a powerful 31-second final 50m to ensure he would not suffer another Paralympic heartbreak.

He came home just 0.43 seconds ahead of Dzmitry Salei, and a further 0.21secs from the other Salei brother, Raman.

France's Kylian Portal, 17, missed out on a medal at his home Games by just 0.04secs.