Poppy Maskill has clinched Team GB's first gold medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and has remarkably set a new world record.
Poppy Maskill broke the world record by a third of a second Poppy Maskill has clinched Great Britain’s first gold medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris and has remarkably set a new world record. British para-swimmer Maskill, 19, won the women’s S14 100m butterfly final, with her time of 1:03:00 incredibly breaking the world record by a third of a second.
But it hasn’t all been glory for Britain – with Paralympic cyclist Kadeena Cox breaking down in tears – after she crashed out of her gold medal race. Who is ParalympicsGB star Poppy Maskill? The British teenager is making her Paralympic debut in Paris Poppy Maskill is a British Paralympian coached by Aled Davis. She trains at the British Para-Swimming National Performance Centre in Manchester.
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