Golden moment for Shropshire's Freya Anderson
Shropshire swimmer Freya Anderson was crowned British champion at the end of a thrilling race in Glasgow.
Anderson won the women’s 200m freestyle after edging out Holly Hibbott by one-hundredth of a second. The Ellesmere College swimmer touched home in 1:58.22 to take the gold medal ahead of Stockport Metro’s Hibbott, who clocked 1:58.23.
Hibbott was the only swimmer to go sub two minutes in the heats but Anderson led from start to finish to top the podium.
Georgia Coates, of Bath NC, recorded a season’s best time of 1:59.40 to take the bronze medal.
Anderson, who won two relay golds at the Commonwealth Games last year, said: “I think I can go faster than that.
“I’ll get back to training and see what time I can put out. But I’m just getting ready to focus on the 100m on Friday.”
Aimee Willmott won gold in a strong field in the women’s 400m individual medley.
The University of Stirling-based swimmer – who lost her British Swimming funding this season – finished in 4:36.98 seconds, almost three and a half seconds ahead of runner-up Abbie Wood.
Scot Hannah Miley, who is battling back from ankle surgery, took bronze.
Adam Peaty took gold in the 100m breaststroke final, finishing in 57.87 seconds.
