NICOLE TURNER MADE a very encouraging start to her Paralympic Games today, recording a personal best time of 35.29 in her S6 50m Freestyle final.
It was good enough for an eighth-place finish for the Portarlington athlete, who has more favoured events to come later in the week.
Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Mereshko took gold in a time of 33.11.
“It was a quarter of a second faster than this morning so another PB,” Turner told RTÉ afterwards. “So I am very happy.
“The aim this morning was to get in the final. To swim in the final and come out with a PB, I’m really happy with that.”
The 19-year-old’s next outing is the S6 100m Breaststroke on Saturday. “It gets serious from here on,” said Turner.
