South Africas Kat Swanepoel and Nathan Hendricks both swam to new African records at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Tuesday.
Swanepoel competed in the S5 50m backstroke heats and revealed afterwards, shed achieved her result with a dislocated shoulder.
The Johannesburg swimmer was classed up just before the Paralympics, meaning she is facing much tougher competition in her events in Paris, having previously competed in the S4 category.
While her time of 49.63 seconds was not quick enough to progress to the evening final, it did see her setting the new continental mark.
Amazing experienceIt was just an amazing experience to be in that arena and representing our country, she said after the race. Unfortunately Im not through to the finals but am super-proud to have finished the race despite dislocating my shoulder in the middle of the race.
