Bronze medal for Davies
Davies, 13, scraped another half second off her personal best to claim bronze in the Women’s Para-Sport category SB9 and on emerging from the pool was interviewed live on BBC television.
"I'm really, really happy," the 13-year-old told Sharron Davies. Asked whether she had been spurred on by the backing of the home crowd the young star said: "Kind of, I could hear them in the last 25 [metres] so I just hammered it."
She certainly did that – at the half way point Davies was a fair distance behind but she powered through the pool to become the youngest ever Scottish Commonwealth Games medallist. She finished in a time of 1 min 21.08 secs.
After the achievement Davies' name was trending worldwide on Twitter as sports fans reacted to the superb performance.
"She's going to be a star," said Olympic medallist Rebecca Adlington.
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