'That is absolutely insane' - Tully Kearney smashes world record to win gold in World Para-swimming Championships
Britain’s Tully Kearney hailed her gold medal in the S5 freestyle on day six of the World Para-swimming Championships as “absolutely insane” as she broke a 22-year-old world record. Kearney finished in a time of two minutes 42.36 seconds to break Beatrice Hess’ previous world record, set by the French Paralympian at Sydney 2000 by 2.25 seconds. Ad/> It is her second gold of the championship after her 50m freestyle success on Sunday’s opening day of competition.


