Now the youngster, from Chorley, is set to realise his dream of competing at the highest level after being named in a 26-strong para-swimming team representing GB. One of 15 debutants in the squad, Tompsett will be hoping to help Team GB improve on their 26 medals in the pool at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games, in 2021. Go paralympic GB.”Tompsett’s inaugural appearance for Para Team GB came in Aberdeen, in February, at the Para World series event where he secured a bronze medal in the mixed classification in 100m backstroke, bronze in the 100m Free Junior, gold in the junior 100m backstroke and gold as the highest point scorer for GB in the 100m backstroke. “Amongst our more experienced team members we’ve also seen some positive performance developments across this cycle to build on results from the past. At Tokyo 2020 ParalympicsGB won medals across a record breaking 18 different sports - the highest number of any nation ever.

Source: Metro May 22, 2024 06:59 UTC