ROBERTS LOWERS WORLD RECORD TWICE
Paralympic champion David Roberts lowered the world 400m freestyle record twice on day one of the British International Swimming Championships.
The Swansea Performance swimmer clocked 4:51.43 in the S7 category heats then bettered it with a time of 4:49.12 in Friday’s final in Sheffield.
“I’ve tried for eight years to claim that record, and to break it twice in the same day is just great,” he said.
Roberts amassed 1,049 points to claim his first gold medal of the Championships.
The 27-year-old from Llantwit Fadre, who already holds the world and European records in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, broke the record which has been held by Dean Booth since the Sydney Paralympics in 2000.
