Hannah Russell, Andrew Mullen and Susie Rodgers grabbed gold medals on the penultimate day of action at the IPC Swimming European Championships
Paralympic silver medallist, Russell, swam close to her world record on the way to victory in the S12 100m Backstroke.
The Brit went into the lead in the early stages of the race and commanded the race from there.
She touched in a time of 1:06.18 to take the gold by over four seconds.
“I am very happy right now,” Russell said. “I came in there and I wanted to show everyone what I was made of and coming back and doing a 1:06, I am absolutely amazed and to get that title this year means a lot to me.
“I did have the World Championships result in the back of my mind and I wanted to go in there and do what I’ve been practicing. I feel like crying but I haven’t. I am keeping it all in.
“It’s been a tough couple of months with training towards our trials and I’m just so happy to be able to stand back up on the top of the podium.”
Darya Stukalova (Russia) took the silver in a time of 1:10.44 with Yaryna Matlo (Ukraine) winning bronze in 1:13.55.
World medallist, Mullen, won his fourth gold medal of the competition as he swam close to his personal best time in the S5 100m Freestyle.
Mullen turned in sixth place and showed his strong back end to win the race in 1:16.11.
“I’m really happy with that swim,” Mullen said. “I feel like I’ve got a strong back end to the race. I do quite a bit of training for the 200 and obviously that helps and my turn is a strong element for me as well.
“I love coming to Europeans and racing against the other S5s. We don’t get to do it often, maybe only once or twice a year so when I do it’s special.
“It’s getting towards the end of Europeans and having swam at Trials the week before that was my 18th race I’ve done in under two weeks. It’s really important that when you are feeling tired you can grind out swims like that and pretty much swim to my PB.”
Mullen pushed Dmitrii Cherniaev (Russia) into second place and he finished in 1:16.91 while bronze went to Sebastian Rodriguez (Spain) in 1:17.26.
Paralympic medallist Rodgers sealed her golden hat-trick with gold in the S7 100m Freestyle.
Rodgers has already won gold in the S7 400m Freestyle and the S7 50m Butterfly and tonight was pushed all the way through the race by Germany’s Denise Grahl.
The Brit touched in a time of 1:13.42. She competes again on the final day of competition in the 50m Freestyle.
“I’ve taken a lot from this competition,” Rodgers said. “I have a great competitor in Denise [Grahl]. She pushes me all the way. I mean I could see her on me all the way through that first 50 but I knew I could get her on the second 50m.
“There is still a lot of work to be done to improve my races. I have a tough programme here so time wise it was a bit slower than last week. I know it’s in there. I’ve just got to get the rest right.”
Grahl took silver in a time of 1:15.01 with Verena Schott (Germany) winning bronze in 1:19.30.
Paralympic Champion Jonathan Fox won his second medal of the competition with silver in the S7 100m Freestyle. He finished in a time of 1:04.18.
Harriet Lee won her first medal of the competition as she swam to silver in the SB9 100m Breaststroke and reached for the wall in a time of 1:18.71.
Paralympic silver medallist Claire Cashmore won the Brits’ first medal of the night as she took bronze in the SB8 100m Breaststroke after touching in 1:21.53.
Ellie Robinson won her third medal of the competition after finishing third in the S6 400m Freestyle and secured a time of 5:43.77.
Stephen Clegg finished in seventh place in the S12 100m Backstroke in 1:04.03.