Maskill sets world record as GB end with 40 medals

Great Britain's Poppy Maskill collapsed her ain world grounds to triumph nan women's S14 100m butterfly connected nan last time of nan World Para Swimming Championships successful Singapore.

The 20-year-old Cheshire swimmer won successful 1 infinitesimal 2.58 seconds, lowering nan people of 1:03.00 she group successful winning Paralympic golden successful Paris past year.

Britain's Olivia Newman-Baronius besides dipped nether nan erstwhile record, finishing little than two-tenths of a 2nd down her team-mate to declare silver.

There was besides a golden badge for Britain's Will Ellard successful nan men's arena of nan aforesaid discipline, while Brock Whiston claimed metallic successful nan women's SB8 100m breaststroke.

The 4 medals took Britain's tally up to 40 for nan championships - 15 gold, 14 metallic and 11 bronze - arsenic they vanished 5th successful nan last badge table.

"I'm really happy pinch that," said Maskill, aft pursuing up connected nan Paralympic occurrence she had arsenic a teen successful a title pinch 3 Britons successful nan apical four, arsenic Louise Fiddes vanished conscionable extracurricular nan podium places.

"To get nan world grounds again was astonishing and conscionable an unreal feeling.

"I deliberation I've done a bully occupation this week being nan first twelvemonth [in nan cycle] backmost aft Paris. I'll spell backmost and look astatine each nan small things I tin amended pinch my coach Nick [Thompson] and tin hopefully travel backmost for more."

Ellard, 19, hit Brazilian world grounds holder Gabriel Bandiera successful a broad decorativeness to triumph nan men's S14 100m butterfly.

Whiston, 28, claimed her 4th badge of nan championships, but was erstwhile again incapable to separator retired Spain's Paralympic champion Anastasiy Dmytriv Dmytriv successful nan women's SB8 100m breaststroke, aft besides finishing 2nd to her astatine nan Paris Games.