Paralympics 2024: Great Britain’s Ellie Challis Louise Fiddes win golds in Paris

Great Britain won two swimming gold medals in 15 magical minutes in the pool at the Paris Paralympics on Monday.

World champion Ellie Challis first put in a dominant performance to win the women’s S3 50m backstroke final.

Then Louise Fiddes, 23, held off Brazilian favourites Debora and Beatriz Carneiro to take the S14m 100m breaststroke final.

The two Britons are room-mates in Paris and both improved on the silver medals they won three years ago in Tokyo.

Challis said her win was “a dream come true” as she swam a lifetime best of 53.56 seconds.

The 20-year-old finished almost five seconds clear of second-placed Russian Zoia Shchurova, with Spain’s Marta Fernandez Infante taking bronze.

“I have been so confident in myself – that was fun. I’m improved so much,” Challis told Channel 4.

She will now look to back up Monday’s dominant performance in the S3 100m freestyle heats on Tuesday.