The Paralympic World Cup Swimming Competition in Manchester has kicked off. Dragons DSC Assistant Coach David Roberts MBE is competing for Britain along with other former Dragons DSC swimmers Liz Johnson and Nyree Lewis. Updated results will appear when we get them.
The Paralympic World Cup swimming competition begun this morning (14/05/05) at the Commonwealth Pool in Manchester. There are two types of races in the competition; Disability category based races where swimmers will compete against those of the same disability profile, and Multi Disability races. The Multi Disability events are decided by which swimmers finish closer to the World Record for their disability classification.
Full Results for all races can be found at:
http://www.paralympicworldcup.com/results/swimming/pwc_frameset.htm
Men's MD 100m Freestyle Final Result:
1. Benoit Huot Canada S10 54.45 + 0.72
2. Jesus Collado Spain S9 1:00.64 + 2.49
3. Robert Welbourn Britain S10 56.31 + 2.58
4. David Roberts Britain S7 1:04.72 + 3.07
5. Michael Prout USA S9 1:01.53 + 3.38
6. Matthew Walker Britain S7 1:05.55 + 3.90
7. Cristoph Burkard Germany S8 1:04.11 + 4.28
8. Donovan Tildesley Canada S11 1:00.97 + 4.30
Men's S7 50m Butterfly Final Result:
1. Rong Tian China 31.91
2. Daisuke Ejima Japan 34.80
3. Yuriy Andryushin Ukraine 34.84
4. Mang Pei China 34.91
5. David Roberts Britain 35.63
6. Jose Medeiros Brazil 35.73
7. Matthew Walker Britain 36.24
8. Andrew Lindsay Britain 38.48
Women’s SM6 200m Individual Medley Final
1. Natalie Jones Britain 3:17.39
2. Nyree Lewis Britain 3:22.48
3. Liz Johnson Britain 3:28.29
4. Fuying Jian China 3:28.93
5. Sarah Rose Australia 3:31.27
6. Maria Gotze Germany 3:31.67
7. Casey Johnson USA 4:08.63
8. Doramitzi Gonzalez Mexico 4:10.31
Women’s S6 100m Backstroke Final:
1. Nyree Lewis Britain 1:32.27
2. Fuying Jiang China 1:35.46
3. Natalie Jones Britain 1:39.40
4. Sarah Bowen Australia 1:41.64
5. Doramitzi Gonzalez Mexico 1:44.45
6. Maria Gotze Germany 1:47.48
7. Inbal Schvartz Israel 1:49.14
8. Vanessa Capo Spain 1:56.88
Women’s MD 50m Freestyle Final:
1. Natalie Du Toit South Africa S9 29.35 -17
2. Stephanie Dixon Canada S9 31.07 +1.55
3. Teresa Perales Spain S5 38.25 +1.83
4. Bela Hlavackova Czech Republic S5 38.69 +2.27
5. Liz Johnson Britain S6 42.89 +6.87
6. Sarah Rose Australia S6 42.98 +6.96
7. Annke Conrade Germany S3 1:06.72 +8.56
8. Beth Kolbe USA S3 1:19.96 +21.80
