Pool of talent!

Team GB swimmers smash records and grab golds

- Tony Whitfield

A GOLD rush in the pool sparked a Super Saturday at the Paris Paralympics and took Britain to second in the medal table.

Alice Tai won her first individual gold with a new Paralympic record in the S8 100m backstroke two years after having her right leg amputated below the knee.

The 25-year-old from New Milton, in Hampshire, missed out on Tokyo three years ago due to an elbow injury.

She then had her club foot amputated to relieve her constant pain, before returning to win gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Last night, Alice said: “The last three years have been kind of crazy. I’ve had six surgeries on three different limbs.

“So just being here, I feel like I’ve really made myself proud.”