Kent’s Callie-Ann Warrington served up a stunning silver in the butterfly for ParalympicsGB to bring the curtain down on day six at the pool reaching a Paralympic podium for the first time.

Lining up alongside GB’s Faye Rogers in the centre lanes after impressive heat showings, the teammates put together contrasting races on the way to a thrilling finish and an outstanding British one-two in the Women’s S10 100m Butterfly.

Callie-Ann took things out fast from the start, reaching the halfway wall in first place, just more than half-a-second ahead of Faye, whose pace was showing by that stage and whose brilliantly-executed turn brought the compatriots level heading into the final 40m.

It was at that stage that they dropped Canada’s Katie Cosgriffe and Jasmine Greenwood of Australia to turn it into a straight British shootout for the gold – and Faye’s superior finishing speed over the final 25m just saw her to the wall first, to cap her first Paralympic final with a memorable gold, while Callie-Ann’s new personal best of 1:06.41 saw her finish half-a-second back for silver.

“My back-end is always the strongest part of my race. I was quite confident at the turn because my thought process was that if I was with everyone at the turn, we’re good. But I could see Callie fighting all the way down the last length and I was like, ‘just keep moving!’ We smashed it, I’m so proud of her too,” said Rogers, whose move into Paralympic swimming came after injuries suffered in a car accident in 2021.

“It’s exactly three years this week since my accident, it’s a bit emotional actually and a full-circle moment. But I couldn’t be prouder and I couldn’t have asked for more from the last three years.

“Coming into para-sport brand new, it has just been the best environment and the best team, and I’ve made some of the best friends. I couldn’t be more grateful for this journey, I’ve learned so much about myself and I couldn’t have imagined this ever happening. It’s crazy, it’s so cool.

“I’ve started getting some messages off other people who’ve been in similar situations, and it makes me really proud and grateful that my experience is helping other people. There are so many people that could benefit from para-sport, it’s just amazing.”

Like Rogers, Warrington’s taste of a Paralympic podium was her first ever – and she took great value from doing so alongside her friend and teammate.

“I had a chat with the coaches after the heats and they were happy with the pace I went out on, they just said ‘you need to come back a bit quicker’. I delivered that and a personal best. It’s brilliant, and then to be able to race this final with Faye, it means everything,” she said.

“Whatever order it was going to be, we didn’t mind – but it’s just so nice to have a fellow British swimmer next to me, pushing each other on, it’s so nice to have. I came here to do a job and I’ve done that job.”