Faye Rogers takes gold and Warrington wins silver in a one-two finish for GB

Faye Rogers says the past three years have been a ‘whirlwind’ after winning her first Paralympic gold medal and being joined on the podium by her teammate, Callie-Ann Warrington.

It was a one-two finish for Great Britain in the Women’s 100m Butterfly S10 final on day six of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Rogers was favourite for the gold medal after qualifying fastest from the heats, but she had to work hard down the final 50 metres.

Warrington was the GB swimmer in the lead at the halfway mark and gave it her all as she headed for the wall.

But it was Rogers who was first to the touch after producing a strong finish – something many have come to expect from the back half of her races.

The 21-year-old clocked a time of 1:05.84, meaning just over half a second separated the British pair as Warrington finished in 1:06.41 to clinch the silver medal in a new personal best time.

Completing the podium was Canada’s Katie Cosgriffe.

After ther ace, Rogers said: “My back end is always the strongest part of my race.

“I was quite confident at the turn because my thought process was if I’m with everyone at the turn, we’re good, but I could see Callie fighting all the way down the last length and I was like ‘just keep moving’. We smashed it!

“It’s actually exactly three years as of now since my accident. It’s a bit emotional actually, a big full circle kind of moment, but I couldn’t be prouder of how far I’ve come.

“I couldn’t have asked for more from the last three years and coming into para-sport like brand new, it’s just been the best environment and the best team and I’ve made some of the best friends.

“I couldn’t be more grateful for this journey and I’ve learnt so much about myself. I could not imagine this ever happening – it’s just crazy – it’s so cool.

“I’ve started getting some messages off other people who’ve been in similar situations and it makes me so proud and really grateful that my experience is helping other people.

“There’s so many people that could benefit from para-sport and it’s just amazing.

“There’s always days where it just feels like it’s never going to get any better but it does. There’s always a way to adapt to stuff and overcome stuff.

“I’ve found over the past three years that there’s nothing that I can’t do, it might just look a little bit different and that’s absolutely okay as well.

“It’s just been such a whirlwind and I couldn’t be happier.”

On her own performance, Warrington added: “I had a chat with the coaches [after the heats] and we were happy with the pace that I went out on and they just said you just need to come back a bit quicker and I delivered that.

“It was a PB and to be able to race against Faye – it’s just everything.”